As local residents and authorities in Far North Queensland assess the damage in the aftermath of Cyclone Yasi, a woman’s body is found in bizarre circumstances deep in the rainforest.
Cass Diamond of Cairns CIB is on the team investigating the murder of fashionista Odile Janvier and it’s not long before she uncovers a disturbing connection between the victim and the local medical profession.
Caroline de Costa is an obstetrician and gynaecologist and professor at James Cook University in Cairns. She is the author of three novels in the Detective Cass Diamond series, Missing Pieces and Blood Sisters teaming with Double Madness, which was shortlisted for the 2016 Sisters-in-Crime Davitt Awards. She has also published a prequel to the series, Hidden Lives, with Boolarong Press. Caroline has been acclaimed for short crime-fiction, winning the Scarlet Stiletto Kerry Greenwood Award in 2019 for Screwed, and was highly commended for Combustible and Love in the time of coronavirus in the 2020 Scarlet Stiletto Awards.