{"product_id":"9781761351112-retail-cold-river","title":"Cold River","description":"The sensational new novel from the author of the bestselling thriller, The Creeper, winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction 2025.\n\nDeep in the mountains, secrets grow deadly . . .\n\nSenior 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.\n\nLouis 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 . . .\n\nBut with no other leads, and with the search winding down, Sally is forced to accept the young man died in a tragic accident.\n\n  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.\n\n  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?","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49204804354267,"sku":"9781761351112-RETAIL","price":29.74,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/6daf0a29-5b32-4561-93f9-91b8d38630bd.jpg?v=1788186986","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781761351112-retail-cold-river","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}