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 Title Page
 
 Contents
 
 Copyright
 
 Praise for Patricia Wolf
 
 Also by Patricia Wolf
 
 Prologue
 
 Chapter 1
 
 Chapter 2
 
 Chapter 3
 
 Chapter 4
 
 Chapter 5
 
 Chapter 6
 
 Chapter 7
 
 Chapter 8
 
 Chapter 9
 
 Chapter 10
 
 Chapter 11
 
 Chapter 12
 
 Chapter 13
 
 Chapter 14
 
 Chapter 15
 
 Chapter 16
 
 Chapter 17
 
 Chapter 18
 
 Chapter 19
 
 Chapter 20
 
 Chapter 21
 
 Chapter 22
 
 Chapter 23
 
 Chapter 24
 
 Chapter 25
 
 Chapter 26
 
 Chapter 27
 
 Chapter 28
 
 Chapter 29
 
 Chapter 30
 
 Chapter 31
 
 Chapter 32
 
 Chapter 33
 
 Chapter 34
 
 Chapter 35
 
 Chapter 36
 
 Chapter 37
 
 Chapter 38
 
 Chapter 39
 
 Chapter 40
 
 Chapter 41
 
 Chapter 42
 
 Chapter 43
 
 Chapter 44
 
 Chapter 45
 
 Chapter 46
 
 Chapter 47
 
 Chapter 48
 
 Chapter 49
 
 Chapter 50: Ten days ago
 
 Chapter 51
 
 Chapter 52
 
 Chapter 53
 
 Chapter 54
 
 Chapter 55
 
 Chapter 56
 
 Chapter 57
 
 Chapter 58
 
 Chapter 59
 
 Acknowledgements
 
 About the Author
 
 About Embla Books 
 
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 Contents Title Page Copyright Praise for Patricia Wolf Also by Patricia Wolf Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Chapter 43 Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Chapter 46 Chapter 47 Chapter 48 Chapter 49 Chapter 50: Ten days ago Chapter 51 Chapter 52 Chapter 53 Chapter 54 Chapter 55 Chapter 56 Chapter 57 Chapter 58 Chapter 59 AcknowledgementsAbout the AuthorAbout Embla Books First published in Great Britain in 2023 by Bonnier Books UK Limited 4th Floor, Victoria House, Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1B 4DA Owned by Bonnier Books Sveavägen 56, Stockholm, SwedenCopyright © Patricia Wolf, 2023 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. The right of Patricia Wolf to be identified as Author of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This is a work of fiction. Names, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: 9781471411717 This book is typeset using Atomik ePublisher Embla Books is an imprint of Bonnier Books UK www.bonnierbooks.co.uk Praise for Patricia Wolf ‘Tense, atmospheric and gripping. I adore Australian crime fiction and Outback doesn’t disappoint. I eagerly await the next DS Walker thriller.’ Chris Whitaker ‘Outback is a hot read, I highly recommend it.’ Lynda La Plante CBE ‘Compelling, immersive and gripping, with a setting so vivid it’s almost a character in itself.’ Becca Day ‘A tense, twisty read that gripped me from its shocking start, immersed me in its sun-scorched landscape, Also by Patricia Wolf Outback Prologue She wakes with a start. Her bedroom is dark, too dark, and her heart is thumping hard in her chest. She can hear something. There’s something here. She can hear it breathing, hear it coming closer. It’s a bad dream, she tells herself. It’s just a bad dream. I can wake up and it will all be OK. She forces her eyes wide open but the room is