Used book – The Dead Heart: New translation of the novel previously published as Cul-de-sac, Douglas Kennedy, Bernard Cohen

Some basic survival rules for the Australian bush:

1) Never drive at night on a deserted road: a kangaroo would happily smash your bumper.

2) Never give in to the charms of a local hitchhiker.

3) And never let yourself be drugged, abducted, and married by the said native.

In her village, divorce is not allowed. But the number of widows is impressive...

"Driven at a hellish pace straight from the Styx, the story would make a bald man's hair stand on end, so thrilling is the suspense!" Valérie Lejeune – Le Figaro Magazine