Peter Papathanasiou The Pit : By the author of THE STONING, "The crime debut of the

Outback noir has a new star Mark Sanderson, The TimesWith DS Manolis on leave in Greece, Senior Constable Sparrow receives a phone call from a man who wants to turn himself in. Bob is sixtyfive years old, confined to a Perth nursing home. But thirty years ago, he killed a man in the remote northern Kimberley mining region. He offers to show Sparrow where the body is, but theres a catch Sparrow must travel north with him under the guise of being his carer. They are accompanied on the drive by another nursing home resident Luke, thirty years old, paralysed in a motorbike accident. As they embark on their road trip through the guts of Western Australia, pursued by outback police and adrenalinesoaked miners, Sparrow begins to suspect that Bobs desire to head north may have sinister motivations. Is Luke being held against his will? And what lies in store for them when they reach their goal? | Peter Papathanasiou The Pit : By the author of THE STONING, "The crime debut of the