From the novel
Meet Detective Inspector Dave O’Reilly
O’Reilly leaned back, the seat creaking under him. He stared out at the Gulf, then down at the sea of red earth below, carved with thin pale scars — mining roads, bush tracks and bone-dry creek beds.
Weipa wasn’t an easy part of the country to get to. Most people didn’t even think of Queensland as having a west coast, but it did — and Weipa sat right on it…
From – Chapter 2 – The Long Grass
Senior Sergeant Carter meets O’Reilly and Mollison
“Senior Sergeant Mike Carter. Welcome to bloody paradise.” The look on his face suggested he meant the opposite.
“You want the front seat or would you prefer your secretary up there? The back gets a bit bumpy.”
Mollison ignored Carter completely. She walked to the rear of the troop carrier, threw her bag in, then climbed in after it.
“That is Detective Sergeant Mollison,” said O’Reilly. “And I think you just landed yourself on her shit list.”
From – ‘The Long Grass’ Chapter 3 ‘Welcome to Weipa’
O’Reilly and Mollison at the crime scene
“Got something,” she said. “Looks like a spent round.”
She lifted it out carefully, the casing balanced neatly on the tip of the biro and angled it toward the light.
“Scorched, but mostly intact,” she added. “It’s rimmed, bottlenecked, could be a .30-30 or something close. We’ll know for sure once it’s cleaned up.”
From – Chapter 4 – The Long Grass
Peter Morris | Australian Crime Author 