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Shadow City - Natalie Conyer
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Title: Shadow City
Author: Natalie Conyer
Shadow City by Natalie Conyer weaves a high-stakes crime thriller that spans continents, plunging readers into the underworlds of both Sydney and Cape Town. In Sydney, the body of a young woman is discovered in Chinatown—brutally tortured and tattooed with a mysterious sun symbol. Sergeant Jackie Rose is called in but quickly ordered to hand the case over to the Australian Federal Police, leaving her frustrated and suspicious. Meanwhile, in Cape Town, veteran detective Schalk Lourens is investigating the disappearance of a local girl who vanished after being recruited to study in Australia.
Suspended from duty and thinking of a fresh start in Sydney, Schalk decides to look for the missing girl while visiting his daughter. When his investigation intersects with Jackie’s murder case, the two detectives join forces, uncovering a powerful criminal network that connects Australia to South Africa and beyond. Together, they must navigate a deadly world of corruption, exploitation, and global crime, where failure could mean disaster for countless young lives.
Shadow City is a gripping read for fans of crime fiction with an international edge, exploring themes of justice, human trafficking, and moral resilience.
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Sydney, Australia: The body of a young woman is found in Chinatown. She's been beaten, tortured - and tattooed with the image of a sun. Called to the scene, Sergeant Jackie Rose asks herself whether this was a drug murder, or something else. But before her investigation can get under way, she is ordered to hand the case over to the Australian Federal Police.
Cape Town, South Africa: A local girl recruited to study in Australia has fallen off the radar. Veteran detective Schalk Lourens - recently suspended from duty - has already made plans to visit his daughter in Sydney, with emigration in mind. He decides to search for the missing girl while he is there.
Jackie and Schalk join forces, exposing a trail of corruption and crime stretching from the foreshore of the city's iconic harbour, back to South Africa and across the world.
Together the pair must navigate a minefield of deceit and manipulation set by an enemy more powerful and depraved than they can imagine. And failure isn'tan option, because not only their own futures, but those of hundreds of vulnerable young people, hang in the balance.
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