Review

A deserted highway, an outback town and a stubborn mystery add up to a satisfying Aussie crime thriller

By Frank O'Shea
September 11 2021 - 12:00am

Cutters End is a fictional town on the Stuart Highway, some 500 km north of Adelaide. We are told that back in the 1980s, it was a favoured stop for backpackers making their way to Alice Springs and further north. Two of those, Ingrid and Joanne, get their travel details and social lives confused in their determination to get to Cutters End in time for a fabled New Year's Eve party in 1989.

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