Skeletons In The Closet - A Detective Bannon and Sergeant Ryan Mystery Paperback

Two Skeletons. A 57-Year-Old Double Murder. One Missing Child. A Detective Running Out of Time.

When urban explorers stumble upon skeletal remains in an abandoned farmhouse outside Mara, they unearth more than just bones. They resurrect a forgotten tragedy buried by decades of dust and silence. This discovery forces Sergeant Ryan to once again call Mildura police for assistance.

Detective Mark Bannon, known as "The Devil" for his relentless pursuit of justice, arrives at the grim scene. Two victims, bound and executed at point-blank range. But the discovery in an adjacent room chills him to the core. A child's pink polka-dotted dress, sized for a toddler, preserved in the stillness of the abandoned home.

Fifty-seven years have passed since that fateful day. Witnesses have died, evidence has deteriorated, and memories have faded into whispers. With potential suspects lying cold in Mara's cemetery, their secrets buried forever. Bannon faces his most challenging cold case yet.

As Bannon peels back layers of small-town secrets and generational silence, one haunting question remains. What happened to the child who wore that dress? And is it too late for justice—or is someone still alive who fears the truth?

In a race against time and age, can Bannon solve a murder that time forgot before the final threads of evidence disappear forever?

This is the second book in the Mara Mysteries Series.

This book is written in Australian English. It contains Australian slang, Australian Idioms, Australian wit and humour. You will find a glossary of all Australian terms used at the end of the book.