Nell Buchanan and Ivan Lucic are back-and Nell is thrown into her most emotionally fraught homicide yet.A controversial entrepreneur is murdered in a remote mountain valley, but this is no ordinary case when Nell discovers that the victim is a close blood relative.The investigation delves into Nell's own family to uncover a mystery years in the making. What was her mother's involvement, and what was the connection to troubled young police officer Simmons Burnside? And why do the police hierarchy insist Ivan and Nell stay with the case despite an obvious conflict of interest? Praise for The Valley:'Hammer has confirmed and underlined his reputation as numbering among the very best novelists in detective fiction.' Sydney Morning Herald
