Inspector Dan Clement is a detective based in Broome in Western Australia and is contemplating life and wondering if he should return to Perth to be closer to his daughter. He longs for an interesting case to grab his attention, something he soon regrets.

A body is found on an isolated road, over 200kms from Broome, and it's the start of an investigation that is not easy. The first problem is trying to identify the body, because without that he really has no where to take the case.

This is an enjoyable, fast paced read but there are times it seems to wonder into deep thought about life. Of course there is a climatic ending, one which feels a bit rushed.

I do have another issue with the continuity of some things, mainly

where does Lauren Bagot work. It changes between Hardcastle Minerals and Monarch Minerals.