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Gunnawah

A captivating and compulsive crime thriller about guns, drugs and a young woman dead on the money

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Gunnawah

By: Ronni Salt
Narrated by: Jenny Seedsman
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 'A classic Aussie crime novel arrives, like a full-throttle ute through a fence. I gobbled it up like a Pine Lime Splice on a hot day.' KAZ COOKE

'It's amazing to see what Ronni Salt can do when she's freed of a 280-character word limit.' SHAUN MICALLEF

It's 1974 in the Riverina

The weather is hot

But the body in the Murray River is stone cold . . .

A captivating and compulsive crime thriller about guns, drugs and a young woman dead on the money

When nineteen-year-old farmgirl Adelaide Hoffman applies for a cadetship at the Gunnawah Gazette, she sees it as her ticket out of a life too small for her. The paper's owner, Valdene Bullark, seeing something of the girl she once was in young Adelaide, puts her straight to work.

What starts as a routine assignment covering an irrigation project soon puts Adelaide on the trail of a much bigger story. Water is money in farming communities, and when Adelaide starts asking questions, it's like she's poked a bull ant's nest. Someone will do whatever it takes to stop Adelaide and Val finding out how far the river of corruption and crime runs.

Shady deals. Vested interests. A labyrinth of lies. It seems everyone in Gunnawah has a secret to keep. And too many are already dead quiet.

Set deep in the heart of rural Australia during the era of Gough Whitlam, pub brawls and flared jeans, Gunnawah is a compulsive crime thriller of corruption, guns and drugs from Australian Noir's most arresting new voice. Best of 2025 Crime Crime Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction World Literature Exciting Money
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A lovely page-turner loaded with plenty to delight the mature reader. The kernels of hidden humour make it a delight. One slowly realises why towns & characters are named as they are and their relevance to most humanistic readers will linger.
Ms ‘Salt’ is a rock of the Australian twitter community and her input has been invaluable to us all. To read this cryptic effort is a scrumptious joy.
Hi Ronni.

@Forthleft2

The Easter eggs.

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The narration has the perfect tempo and tone of voice. The story is captivating—I really enjoyed it!

Australian suspense

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Really enjoyed this Aussie book. Terrific story and good pace. Excellent narration. Has you hooked and guessing through to the end.

Great storyline

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Great story and an easy listen. Fabulous characters and references we can remember of the seventies and its cars pubs and the smallness of country towns. Highly recommended

Quintessential Australian characters

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On my first listen over several weeks I just got really engrossed in the story. It's almost like a classic Australian yarn. On my second time listening though I picked up on all the gems. What sets this apart from most of the crime novels I've read is how beautifully written it is and how descriptive the writing is. I missed that the first time around. I'd never heard of the author before, but imho, her descriptions of rural Australia are some of the best I've ever read, (or heard, lol, I never know how to describe reading an audio book). Is this going to be a movie soon?

Second listen I picked up on the beautiful writing

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