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High Wire - Candice Fox
High Wire - Candice Fox
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Title: High Wire
Author: Candice Fox
High Wire by Candice Fox is an electrifying thriller set in the brutal landscape of outback Australia, where danger is only a mile marker away. Known as “the Wire,” a notorious, unmarked track through remote terrain, it’s a path travelled only by the desperate or the shady. For Harvey Buck, it’s both: he’s rushing to be with his dying girlfriend when he encounters Clare Holland, a stranded traveller in need of help. But their journey quickly descends into horror when a ruthless crew ambushes them, strapping bomb vests to their bodies as part of a terrifying high-stakes game.
Forced to complete a series of escalating crimes to stay alive, Harvey and Clare must confront their own survival instincts. Meanwhile, Senior Sergeant Edna Norris, on the trail of a runaway teen, is drawn into the chaos of their crime spree, facing a nightmarish series of encounters on the desolate road. In High Wire, Fox delivers a pulse-pounding plot and unforgettable characters in a high-speed race for survival across Australia’s unforgiving outback.
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- The Chain by Adrian McKinty
- The Dry by Jane Harper
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- Redemption Point by Candice Fox
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Album: Back in Black by AC/DC
Blurb
Blurb
You only take the High Wire if you’re desperate – or up to no good.
A notorious unmarked track through outback Australia, the ‘Wire’ crosses slabs of lawless land, body-dumping grounds and mobile-phone blackspots.
Harvey Buck is certainly desperate. Racing to be with his dying girlfriend, he encounters Clare Holland, whose car has broken down. He offers the hapless traveller a ride . . . and then their nightmare begins.
The pair are ambushed by a vengeful crew - and strapped into bomb vests. As part of a deadly game, Harvey and Clare are forced to commit a series of increasingly murderous missions, or else be blown to smithereens.
Senior Sergeant Edna Norris is dealing with a runaway teenager; not an unusual job in a place where people go to disappear. But an unfolding crime spree turns this outback cop’s night into a fight for survival. Hot on Harvey and Clare’s trail, Edna finds a burnt-out car, a missing woman, a bank robbery and a bullet-riddled body.
And this road trip from hell has only just begun . . .
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