Guess what? On Monday, my fourteenth novel went to print. Who would have thought that eleven years after Red Dust was published, that I’d still be tapping at the key boards and playing with my imaginary friends?
Red Dirt Country is the third book in the Dave Burrows series – not that you have to read them in order, they’re all stand alone, but I like calling them a series because it makes me sound like a fully fledged author! (Fool’s Gold and Without a Doubt are the other two.)
Anyhow, Red Dirt Country takes Dave back to his early years. The year is 2000 and in this book, he’s finally achieved his dream of being a Detective Senior Constable in the stock squad.
Dave’s first wife, Melinda, is pregnant with their second child and busy with a court case from a previous investigation. Dave is also in the middle of case in the north of Western Australia which gives him his first experience on the stock squad. The case is deep in an underbelly of racial divide with family secrets, long-repeated lies, kidnapping and murder. Red Dirt Country isn’t a sequel to Red Dust – it’s a completely different time and story.
I’m excited to finally have this book to print because I can’t wait to share it with you all in April. I love writing these Dave books. You can preorder Red Dirt Country from Booktopia by clicking here.
My next manuscript is due in my publisher’s inbox on the 1st of March, so I’d best get back to it. But I’d love to hear what was exciting about your week.
Looking forward to reading, ‘Red Dirt Country’. I really enjoy your books. Just finished re-reading Fool’s Gold and loved it as much second time around – set in my part of the country and I could really identify coming from a long line of gold miners.
Hi from NZ.
I’ve read every single book of yours aside from 1 I’m about to start reading tonight (starting from now). And I’ve yet to find red dirt country which I only heard about a few minutes ago.
I get all my books from the library.
Last week finished reading without a doubt.
So I’m still confused according to your website book 14 is red dort country with Dave burrows, I see on back of starting from now he is in this book too.
Can you please tell me in order of them which DB books are early years when melinda was his wife and in order in present day with Kim.
Am also confused because I’m fairly sure that in one of the Kim (Dave burrows 2nd wife) books it was stated he didn’t have any children yet I read without a doubt few days ago and he had 1 with another coming, it was quite a long time ago since I read the Kim books. Or did I read the info wrong?
Can I please know your next book/s due for publishing so I can order them through the library.
Many thanks a NZ fan.
Loved the book now waiting to see how Dave goes catching Bulldust and his brother . Red dirt country left off with me wanting to know.