<DIV><p><b>Winner of Australia&rsquo;s Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel</b></p><p>&ldquo;Beguiling . . . wonderful.&rdquo;&mdash;<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></p><p>&ldquo;A hymn to the wit, courage, stark beauty and the power of dreaming of a unique people. One cannot help but be enriched by it.&rdquo;&mdash;Anne Perry</p><p>&ldquo;Impressive.&rdquo;&mdash;<i>Baltimore Sun</i></p><p>&ldquo;Hyland excels at drawing the reader into a strange, rough world. This debut novel is filled with both poetic descriptions and a great deal of wit.&rdquo;&mdash;<i>Booklist</i></p><p>&ldquo;Perfect for mystery fans who are craving new horizons. . . . An intriguing tale.&rdquo;&mdash;<i>Library Journal</i></p><p>&ldquo;Beautifully written.&rdquo;&mdash;<i>Publishers Weekly</i></p><p>&ldquo;[A] colorful setting and an in-your-face heroine fetching enough to warrant a series.&rdquo;&mdash;<i>Kirkus Reviews</i></p><p>Emily Tempest has been away from Australia for a long time, but now she&rsquo;s returned to the Moonlight Downs &ldquo;mob,&rdquo; the community where she grew up, half in the Aboriginal world, half in the white. She is looking forward to a reunion with her childhood friend, Hazel, and to catching up with the rest of the group.</p><p>Within hours of her arrival, an old friend, Lincoln Flinders, the tribe&rsquo;s elderly leader, is murdered and mutilated. The police suspect Blakie Japanangka, a renegade aborigine sorcerer, but Emily believes that the old man was slain for worldly reasons, and she starts asking questions.</p><p><b>Adrian Hyland</b> spent many years in the Northern Territory, Australia, living and working among indigenous people. He now teaches at LaTrobe University. <i>Moonlight Downs</i>, published as <i>Diamond Dove</i> in Australia, is his first novel.</p></DIV>