That of solving cold cases and becoming a closed off person, dedicated to his job and the victims of the crimes he’s investigating.
Maybe derailed momentarily and then shifted onto another track. Here it’s Detective August Shaw whose life has been derailed by tragedy. Sometimes good, sometimes great, and sometimes, as in Tallowwood, horrifically, tragic things occur that forever change someone’s life. Walker writes people that have situations happen to them. Her gift of characterization doesn’t stop at story trope or have specific plot requirements they need to fit into.
But here she comes with a murder mystery and I have to say, I was just as enthralled with the characters and plot as I was with her other tropes. I am a huge fan of NR Walker’s, finding her through her contemporary romances like her Red Dirt Heart series (still my all time go to fav), Imago series, and Spencer Cohen (new fav) to name just a few. August and Jake must trace the untraceable before the killer takes his next victim or before he stops one of them, permanently. With Jacob now firmly in August’s corner, they face one hurdle after another, even when more remains are found, they still can’t seem to gain ground.īut when the body of a fellow police officer turns up under the same MO, it can’t be ignored anymore. When human remains are found in the camping grounds at Tallowwood Reserve, Jake’s new case turns out to be linked to August’s cold cases, and Jake agrees they’re not suicides at all. He runs summer camps for the local Indigenous kids, plays rugby with his mates, has a close family, and he’s the local LGBTQIA+ Liaison and the Indigenous Liaison Officer. Senior Constable Jacob Porter loves his life in the small town of Tallowwood in the middle of the rainforests in northern New South Wales. His work is his entire life, and he’s convinced a string of unsolved cold-case suicides are linked to what could be Australia’s worst ever serial killer. Since the death of his boyfriend eight years ago, August works alone, lives alone, is alone - and that’s exactly how he likes it. Sydney detective August Shaw has spent the last decade of work solving cold cases. Cold cases, murder, lies, and an unimaginable truth.
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