Not far from her first planned stop, Rena notices a fire burning some distance off the highway. Being a good citizen, she ventures off road, and is horrified to find a vehicle consumed by flames, with what's left of the driver still inside. When she learns that the victim is a fellow geologist—a less-than-reputable character whom she hadn't seen in 20 years—Rena begins an unofficial and unwelcome investigation fraught with deceit, diamond theft, and murder. Had her old colleague found a new pipeline for the rare and valuable pink diamond, and been killed for it? And if Rena doesn't mind her own business, will she be next?
Katherine Kovacic was a veterinarian but preferred training and having fun with dogs to taking their temperatures. She returned to study and earned an MA, followed by a PhD in Art History. Katherine spends her spare time writing, dancing and teaching other people’s dogs to ride skateboards.Her first book, The Portrait of Molly Dean, was shortlisted for a Ned Kelly Award for best first fiction. In addition to Molly Dean, Katherine is also the author of Painting in the Shadows, The Shifting Landscape and, most recently, The Schoolgirl Strangler (Bonnier Australia and UK). Seven Sisters is her fourth work of fiction.