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Beneath The Red Dust
Beneath the Red Dust takes you to the remote outback of Australia where the heat is unforgiving, the people are tough and the land is brutal. Jenny Tyler grew up here, and returns after a decade to a country that, while familiar, is full of secrets. What is the mystery that an unknown organisation is trying to unearth
Beneath the REd Dust Series
The Windorah Job
In Part One of Beneath the Red Dust; ‘The Windorah Job’ takes Jenny back to a place she thought she had left behind, but as she soon discovers, it is still a part of her. Beneath the endless blue sky, she finds a peace that has been out of her reach in the busy city streets. She explores the red earth around Windorah, kept company only by the enveloping heat and predators hoping for the weak to show themselves.
Jenny has been hired to find a man who has been missing for two years and bring him to account for his actions. Grabbing a lift from the airport to the pub with the local bar manager, she realises she may have found him. But for Jenny Tyler the Windorah Job is not as straight forward as it first seems. What does Pete Crow, a wizened old local, know about why Jenny is there – and what lengths will he stop at to ensure his own secret is not discovered?
Stay tuned for 'The Cunnamulla Job', where Jenny will discover more about the hidden secrets buried deep beneath the red dust of the Australian Outback.
The Windorah Job is a novella, the first part of ‘Beneath the Red Dust’.
The Cunnamulla Job
Jenny Tyler has received a new job from her boss Veronica Mill. A straight forward search and identify contract, Jenny must trace a man who was last seen in Cunnamulla, Queensland. Jenny is not the only operative making her way to the small Queensland town – the Network have placed a tail on Jenny. Mick Feinberg finds himself in Cunnamulla after being given the job to follow Jenny. But Cunnamulla is just the beginning.
Join Jenny as she travels across the Australian outback in search of something that is so big people have been killed to get to it.
How will Jenny find a man who is being protected by an organisation with unlimited resources? And what happens if she does?
The Cunnamulla Job is the second part of Beneath the Red Dust, a tale of mystery and intrigue which will take you from the streets of Brisbane to the sandy deserts of outback New South Wales.
The Tibooburra Job
Jenny is hurt and confused when she discovers she has been set up during the last job. Making a quick getaway, she heads south west to the home she grew up in - Sentinel Station.
A homestead set amongst the red dust of the Australian Outback, Sentinel Station has the comfort of home, and the red, driving sand of the desert not far away.
Haunted by memories of her dead father, Jenny goes to ground. As she goes about cataloguing what needs to be done on the station – ordering food being near the top of the list – she tries to understand what she has become involved in.
The peace of the vast outback surrounds her, while the red dust of her home brings her comfort and calm.
But her solitude doesn't last. Before long she has allies and threats turning up uninvited. The mystery of Sentinel Station appears to be coming to light, and the Network is eager to find it before Jenny inadvertently discovers what her father kept from her.
Will Jenny pick the right allies? Can she trust the people who have come to her aid to help her find her fathers secrets?
Can Jenny stay alive long enough to fight the Network and protect her home?
Join Jenny Tyler for the third installment of Beneath the Red Dust – a thrilling mystery capturing the heart of the Australian Outback.
The Station Job
Assassin for hire Jenny Tyler has gone to ground at her Fathers Outback Station. Under the burning yellow sun, Jenny takes on the responsibility of protecting her home in Australia’s dry, arid outback from those who would take it from her. Jenny, along with a misfit crew made up of Pete Crow, the publican from Windorah, and Mick Feinberg, a hired gun from the wrong side of the tracks, struggle to defend Sentinel Station from forces well beyond their control. Jenny discovers this conspiracy goes all the way to the top, and for good reason. Sentinel Station protects a big secret - one that people are willing to die, and kill for.
The Station Job, the final instalment of Katherine Franks breakout series ‘Beneath The Red Dust’ is finally here. Will Jenny succumb to the forces that have been building against her? Will the secrets hidden beneath the red dust finally come to light?
Katherine Franks is an up and coming author from Australia. Her books, the Beneath the Red Dust Series, unites stunning outback scenery with action packed suspense and a true blue Aussie cast.
Check out the Windorah Job, the Cunnamulla Job, and the Tibooburra Job by Katherine Franks. You can also buy the complete Beneath the Red Dust series.