By The Horns

<p><strong>By the Horns</strong><br><em>A gritty Australian outback crime thriller of buried secrets betrayal and brutal justice</em><br><strong>(Rocky Barnes PBR Crime Series - Book 1)</strong></p><p><strong>A buried body. A haunted past. A truth someone will kill to keep hidden.</strong></p><p>In the scorched heart of outback Queensland <strong>Rocky Barnes</strong> is trying to leave his bull-riding days behind.<br>But when the rains expose a decomposed body on his remote cattle station <strong>the past charges back with a vengeance</strong>.</p><p>The dead man is <strong>Cole Maddox</strong> a former rider on the PBR circuit.<br>And his death is no accident.</p><p>Once a rising star in the U.S. rodeo world <strong>Rocky walked away from the circuit and its betrayals fifteen years ago</strong>.<br>Now a solitary cattleman on <strong>Moray Downs</strong> he wants nothing more than peace.<br>But the land has other plans.</p><p><strong>Enter Alice Hart</strong> a fearless investigative journalist with scars of her own.<br>Sent to uncover the truth she finds herself caught in a web of silence corruption and dangerous old alliances.<br>The deeper she digs the more perilous it becomes.</p><p><strong>Someone wants the truth buried and they'll kill again to keep it that way.</strong></p><p>Along the way <strong>Rocky hires a sharp-witted jillaroo named Eliza McIntyre</strong> known to most as <strong>Bear</strong>.<br>What begins as a working partnership soon deepens into something more.<br><strong>Bear becomes not only his lover but his fiercest ally and the moral compass at the heart of the storm.</strong></p><p>As loyalties fracture and long-held secrets rise from the dust Rocky Alice and Bear must face what they tried to outrun.<br>Because justice doesn't wait.<br>And the outback never forgets.</p><p><em>By the Horns</em> is a raw and atmospheric rural crime thriller that grips from the first page.<br><em>Perfect for fans of</em> <em>Jane Harper</em> <em>Chris Hammer</em> <em>Candice Fox</em> <em>and Michael Robotham</em> <em>this is Australian noir where the dust is thick the stakes are high and redemption rides hard and fast.</em></p>