Gunnawah, Ronni Salt
Gunnawah, Ronni Salt
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Gunnawah
A captivating and compulsive crime thriller about guns, drugs and a young woman dead on the money

Author: Ronni Salt

Narrator: Jenny Seedsman

Unabridged: 10 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2025

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

'A classic Aussie crime novel arrives, like a full-throttle ute through a fence. I gobbled it up like a Pine Lime Splice on a hot day.' KAZ COOKE

'It's amazing to see what Ronni Salt can do when she's freed of a 280-character word limit.' SHAUN MICALLEF

It's 1974 in the Riverina

The weather is hot

But the body in the Murray River is stone cold . . .

A captivating and compulsive crime thriller about guns, drugs and a young woman dead on the money

When nineteen-year-old farmgirl Adelaide Hoffman applies for a cadetship at the Gunnawah Gazette, she sees it as her ticket out of a life too small for her. The paper's owner, Valdene Bullark, seeing something of the girl she once was in young Adelaide, puts her straight to work.

What starts as a routine assignment covering an irrigation project soon puts Adelaide on the trail of a much bigger story. Water is money in farming communities, and when Adelaide starts asking questions, it's like she's poked a bull ant's nest. Someone will do whatever it takes to stop Adelaide and Val finding out how far the river of corruption and crime runs.

Shady deals. Vested interests. A labyrinth of lies. It seems everyone in Gunnawah has a secret to keep. And too many are already dead quiet.

Set deep in the heart of rural Australia during the era of Gough Whitlam, pub brawls and flared jeans, Gunnawah is a compulsive crime thriller of corruption, guns and drugs from Australian Noir's most arresting new voice.

About Ronni Salt

Ronni Salt is a political and media commentator with a rural and legal background and a strong interest in environmental issues. She hails from the Riverina and much prefers dogs to people. Gunnawah is her debut novel. Ronni Salt is a pseudonym.


Reviews

Gunnawah is an impressive debut historical crime novel from outspoken Australian political and media commentator, Ronni Salt. In taking the first step to escape the Riverina town of Gunnawah (pop. 989) where she was born and raised, nineteen year old Adelaide Hoffman joins the local newspaper as a ca......more

Set in 1974 in the rural community of Gunnawah. Nineteen year old Adelaide Hoffman has had a horrific year and is finally confident to leave her house and family property. She is a buddying photographer and takes a cadet ship with the local newspaper in the hopes of writing stories as well as taking......more

Goodreads review by Debbie

Really enjoyed this Australian country town thriller. Well written with great characters. Thank you to the author. Thank you to # NetGalley and the publisher.......more

Whip smart and witty; masterly plotting and thrilling storytelling; a rich and deeply human ensemble of characters; everything moving along at an absorbing clip, Gunnawah is a real treat of a read. Gunnawah, Australian Riverina, 1974: farms and vast pastoral holdings and a small regional town smack b......more