Gunpowder Creek
Friday, one thirty p.m. Emily Barnes is finishing work for the week, ready for a break from her laptop. Then she receives a panicked voicemail from her son Zach, punctuated by a gunshot.

By four p.m., she's driving a stolen car out of Perth, with explicit instructions from Zach's captors - in three days, deliver the car to Gunpowder Creek, a ghost town 900 kilometres deep into the West Australian outback. Miss the deadline and Zach dies. And don't open the boot.

The job should be simple. But there's someone dangerous roaming those lonely highways. Someone who doesn't want the car and its cargo to make it to Gunpowder Creek. Someone with cold eyes who has seen death and liked it.

For fans of Adrian McKinty and Will Dean, this cat-and-mouse thriller ignites like the fuse on a stick of dynamite.

PRAISE FOR GUNPOWDER CREEK:
'One of those high-octane, heart thumping, up-all-night-can't-put-it-down type of books. Candice Fox meets Quentin Tarantino. I loved it.' Ben Hobson

'Gunpowder Creek is a propulsive, edge-of-your-seat thriller - a killer debut.' Christian White

'Compelling characters, breakneck pace and a cracking plot - Gunpowder Creek is a gripping outback thriller debut.' Vikki Wakefield
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Gunpowder Creek
Friday, one thirty p.m. Emily Barnes is finishing work for the week, ready for a break from her laptop. Then she receives a panicked voicemail from her son Zach, punctuated by a gunshot.

By four p.m., she's driving a stolen car out of Perth, with explicit instructions from Zach's captors - in three days, deliver the car to Gunpowder Creek, a ghost town 900 kilometres deep into the West Australian outback. Miss the deadline and Zach dies. And don't open the boot.

The job should be simple. But there's someone dangerous roaming those lonely highways. Someone who doesn't want the car and its cargo to make it to Gunpowder Creek. Someone with cold eyes who has seen death and liked it.

For fans of Adrian McKinty and Will Dean, this cat-and-mouse thriller ignites like the fuse on a stick of dynamite.

PRAISE FOR GUNPOWDER CREEK:
'One of those high-octane, heart thumping, up-all-night-can't-put-it-down type of books. Candice Fox meets Quentin Tarantino. I loved it.' Ben Hobson

'Gunpowder Creek is a propulsive, edge-of-your-seat thriller - a killer debut.' Christian White

'Compelling characters, breakneck pace and a cracking plot - Gunpowder Creek is a gripping outback thriller debut.' Vikki Wakefield
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Gunpowder Creek

Gunpowder Creek

by Alex Dook
Gunpowder Creek

Gunpowder Creek

by Alex Dook

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Friday, one thirty p.m. Emily Barnes is finishing work for the week, ready for a break from her laptop. Then she receives a panicked voicemail from her son Zach, punctuated by a gunshot.

By four p.m., she's driving a stolen car out of Perth, with explicit instructions from Zach's captors - in three days, deliver the car to Gunpowder Creek, a ghost town 900 kilometres deep into the West Australian outback. Miss the deadline and Zach dies. And don't open the boot.

The job should be simple. But there's someone dangerous roaming those lonely highways. Someone who doesn't want the car and its cargo to make it to Gunpowder Creek. Someone with cold eyes who has seen death and liked it.

For fans of Adrian McKinty and Will Dean, this cat-and-mouse thriller ignites like the fuse on a stick of dynamite.

PRAISE FOR GUNPOWDER CREEK:
'One of those high-octane, heart thumping, up-all-night-can't-put-it-down type of books. Candice Fox meets Quentin Tarantino. I loved it.' Ben Hobson

'Gunpowder Creek is a propulsive, edge-of-your-seat thriller - a killer debut.' Christian White

'Compelling characters, breakneck pace and a cracking plot - Gunpowder Creek is a gripping outback thriller debut.' Vikki Wakefield

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781786585165
Publisher: Bonnier Books UK
Publication date: 09/02/2025
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook

About the Author

Alex Dook is a writer based in Perth, Western Australia. His previous writing has been longlisted for the 2019 Fogarty Literary Award and Highly Commended in the 2021 Fogarty Literary Award. Gunpowder Creek is his first novel.

www.alexdook.com
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