num_pages: 320
description: A modern western set in an isolated Australian bush town with a soaring crime rate where a local constable with a troubled past must investigate the death of a teenage girl whose murder threatens to set the dusty streets ablaze.Constable Paul HirschhausenHirschis a recently demoted detective sent from Adelaide Australias southernmost booming metropolis to Tiverton a one-road town in rustic backwater wool and wheat country three hours north. Hirsch isnt just a disgraced cop; the internal investigations bureau is still trying to convict him of something even if it means planting evidence. When someone leaves a pistol cartridge in his mailbox Hirsch suspects that his career isn't the only thing on the line. But the tiny town of Tiverton has more crime than one lone cop should have to handle. The stagnant economy rural isolation and entrenched racism and misogyny mean every case Hirsch investigates is a new basket of snakes. When the body of a 16-year-old local girl is found on the side of the highway the situation in Tiverton gets even more sinister and whether or not he finds her killer theres going to be hell to pay.Paperback edition found under the title Bitter Wash Road.
language: English
title: Hell to Pay
publisher: Soho Crime