{"product_id":"9781036708238","title":"Kill Shot by Blair Denholm","description":"A brutal killing in the mangroves. A detective with everything to prove.   Tough ex-boxer DS Jack Lisbon didn't cross the world for an easy life. Fresh off a troubled career in London, he's barely gained his footing in steamy North Queensland when a mangled corpse washes up on the edge of a mangrove swamp. It looks like what locals blame on crocodiles.   But the wounds tell a different story.   This wasn't nature. It was murder.   And when a champion athlete disappears the same night, police suddenly face a possible double homicide. The list of suspects grows fast, but the tight-knit community of Yorkville closes ranks, and nobody wants to talk.   DS Jack Lisbon and his partner, Detective Claudia Taylor, find themselves digging through a world of grudges, silence, and rising violence as they hunt a killer who's spiralling out of control.   Kill Shot is the first full-length novel in The Fighting Detective series and can be read as a standalone. If you enjoy gritty police procedurals featuring uncompromising, hard-boiled detectives, this series is right up your street.   ________________________________________________________________________Praise for The Fighting Detective series:? ? ? ? ? A gritty, fast-paced crime thriller that kept me reading long past bedtime.   ? ? ? ? ? Refreshingly different. The Australian setting and relentless action hooked me from page one.   ? ? ? ? ? Jack Lisbon is a flawed, compelling detective you can't look away from.   ? ? ? ? ? Tense, twisty, and downright addictive. A brilliant start to a series.   ? ? ? ? ? Hard-hitting, atmospheric and full of surprises. I couldn't put it down.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368511680885,"sku":"9781036708238","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781036708238","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}