Cold River by Margaret Hickey - ISBN: 9781761351112
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Mountain secrets hide a deadly conspiracy of missing hikers.
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Cold River

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    28 July 2026

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Summary

The sensational new novel from the author of the bestselling thriller, The Creeper, winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction 2025.

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…

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
Dimensions:1mm x 1mm x 1mm
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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