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Mount Viking’s secrets rise: a journalist’s death, a lawyer’s disappearance.
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    368 pages

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    28 July 2026

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Summary

Deep in the mountains, secrets grow deadly …

Senior Constable Sally White knows how easily hikers can go missing in Victoria’s High Country. But there’s something about the disappearance of Louis Taylor, a young man lost up Mount Viking, that’s not sitting right with her.

Louis was an aspiring journalist, researching the illegal tobacco trade - also known as chop chop - that was once so prevalent in the area. And the last person he interviewed before his hike has just met a gr…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781761351112
ISBN-10:1761351117
Author:Margaret Hickey
Publisher:Penguin Random House Australia
Imprint:Penguin Random House Australia
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:28 July 2026
Weight:458g
Dimensions:27mm x 155mm x 235mm
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Cold River by Margaret Hickey - ISBN: 9781761351112
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About The Author

Margaret Hickey

Margaret Hickey is an award-winning author and playwright from North East Victoria. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing and is deeply interested in rural lives and communities.

Her published works include:

  • Cutters End (awarded the BAD Crime Sydney Festival’s Danger Prize and shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Award for First Fiction)
  • Stone Town
  • Broken Bay
  • The Creeper (winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best Fiction in 2025, introducing the character Sally White)
  • An Ill Wind
  • Rural Dreams (a collection of short stories)

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