'Journalist Annie Bryce just can't help herself. On the run from a killer who wants her dead before she can testify in a murder trial, she and photographer Steve are hustled out of town for their own protection.
But even on the arid gemfields of central Queensland Annie's nose for mystery finds fertile ground. Probing the secrets of a long-dead wheeler and dealer in sapphires, she once again discovers that there's no escaping the dark shadows of the past...'(Publisher's blurb)