{"product_id":"cold-river-margaret-hickey-9781761351112","title":"Cold River","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe sensational new novel from the author of the bestselling thriller, The Creeper, winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDeep in the mountains, secrets grow deadly . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSenior Constable Sally White knows how easily hikers can go missing in Victoria's High Country. But there's something about the disappearance of Louis Taylor, a young man lost up Mount Viking, that's not sitting right with her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLouis was an aspiring journalist, researching the illegal tobacco trade - also known as chop chop - that was once so prevalent in the area. And the last person he interviewed before his hike has just met a gruesome end . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut with no other leads, and with the search winding down, Sally is forced to accept the young man died in a tragic accident.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  Until she learns of another missing persons case that bears striking similarities. Astrid Marlowe, a young lawyer, vanished in the same mountains two years earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e  Were Louis and Astrid simply unlucky hikers lost in the treacherous terrain? Or did they both stumble into something - or someone - they shouldn't have?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Margaret Hickey","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50223278751987,"sku":"9781761351112","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781761351112.jpg?v=1786088959","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/cold-river-margaret-hickey-9781761351112","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}