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Detective Sergeant Nick Vada has come to the quiet coastal town of Riema for a much-deserved holiday. When a local woman is murdered, he is shocked to learn that they had met before. And that she had been keeping a secret – she was the daughter of Australia's richest man.

When a man is found dead on the banks of the Edward River, Detective Sergeant Nick Vada is forced to return to Milford – the farming town he swore he'd left behind for good. The victim is someone Nick knew from school. Teaming up with his partner, the unflinching Detective Joanna Gray, together they dig into the dead man's life – and his own past. But Milford isn't just a town with long memories. It's a place where the truth gets murky fast, and the river has a habit of hiding more than just bodies.

The peaceful township of Kooleybuc is left reeling when six people are murdered in cold blood on a quiet Friday afternoon at their only pub, and the locals want answers. Detective Patrick Jacobs of the Cobar Police Department is nearing retirement and has been reluctantly assigned to the case. He is running out of leads.

When 11-year-old Matty Blackwood vanishes during the Gabinda Rodeo, the sleepy rural town is thrust into a storm of fear and speculation. Detective Joanna Gray, visiting Gabinda to reconnect with her estranged brother, is reluctantly pulled into the desperate search for the missing boy. But Joanna is grappling with her own demons. Her long-time partner, Detective Sergeant Nick Vada, lies in a coma at the other end of the state, leaving her to face the case and pressure alone. As the days tick by, Joanna uncovers a web of secrets hidden beneath Gabinda's small-town charm.

Two years ago, the murder of local policeman Darcy Comer shattered the peace of the isolated mountain town of Blarnie, with the crime sharing similarities to the sinister murder of another local two decades ago. Now, as the town reels from still more bloodshed, the new murders also seem to echo this dark legacy. The old town rumours of a devil-cult, long dismissed as folklore, are now revived. A new and enigmatic cult has recently arrived in Blarnie, promising enlightenment but bringing fear.

Detective Sergeant Nick Vada thought he had left the past behind when he moved to the bustling streets of Sydney. But when his sister's wedding brings him back to the sleepy farming town of Milford, he's forced to confront memories he'd rather forget. What should have been a joyful family reunion quickly turns sinister when a body is discovered on the homestead of Warranilla, the largest farm in the region. The deeper Nick delves, the more he finds parallels in the 1992 murder of his own mother, and he feels that the victim's death is connected to events from his own past.

When 17-year-old Belle Smith is reported missing, the Darfield police are busy fighting one of the worst bushfires the region has ever faced. Twenty years later, the case that gripped the nation is resurrected when a smash hit podcast Into The Flames is released, posing the question: just what happened to Belle Smith? With public interest increasing in the cold case, DS Nick Vada is tasked with returning to Darfield to once again look into Belle's disappearance.

In Melbourne for a passing visit for a friend's birthday, Detective Sergeant Nick Vada meets the beautiful Evie Gibson. Twenty-four hours later, he is sitting in the lock-up of the Victorian police headquarters, arrested for murder. Detective Sergeant Eli Roberts is brought onto the case to investigate just what would cause the detective to snap and commit such a horrible crime. Detective Joanna Gray is sent in to assist the investigation and soon finds that not all is what it seems.

Detective Sergeant Nick Vada's girlfriend calls him with the devastating news that her best friend, high-powered lawyer Emily Hartford, is dead. Nick and his girlfriend are left in shock, unable to understand how this could happen. Emily's husband, Spencer, a rising star in Australian politics working his way towards the top job, is struggling with the loss of his wife. He asks Nick to investigate, but Nick thinks Spencer is hiding something.

When Kiwi backpacker Cody Short goes missing on one of the biggest cattle stations in Australia, the local police in the town of Secret find themselves out of their depth and forced to ask for assistance. Detective Sergeant Nick Vada is sent with his new partner, Probationary Detective Joanna Gray, to the harsh environment to search for Cody. He's also been asked to investigate the disappearance of another woman who went missing on the same station in mysterious circumstances a year ago.

Sergeant Harper Quinn has returned to her sleepy hometown of Koorinda in search of a quieter life. Until she learns that the town's once glittering waterpark is being reopened, on the shores of its famous Red Lake: the place that her little brother vanished into thin air 30 years ago. And then...

Be Still My Soul is written for the grieving Christian and anyone who wants to know the reason for the hope the Christian has in death. When confronted with death we often seek comfort in our grief, hope in our loss, and rest in our suffering.

Grief isn't on our radar until we're in the midst of it. You don't wake up one morning expecting someone so young and full of energy, someone you love and care about so much...to die. But then there it is. The fierce, dark, and consuming storm. Not just the kind that rains. The kind that tears and uproots. We will all have to face one at some time in our lives.