One dead extremist.
One hate crime buried for decades.
One journalist who won’t let it go.
Cassandra Murphy has spent her career chasing the truth. A decorated investigative journalist and the daughter of a respected country cop, she’s always believed in justice, no matter how messy the story or how dangerous the path.
But when Hayden Foster, a prominent figure in a rising far-right extremist group, is found murdered, Cassie’s investigation takes a sharp and unexpected turn. Instead of hunting for his killer, she finds herself pulled into the dark underbelly of his past.
In Carrington, a rapidly changing suburb in Melbourne’s outer east, secrets long buried lie among a battleground of change, nostalgia, and shifting identity. The deeper she digs, the more her faith in the institutions she’s trusted begins to unravel.
As she races against time to expose the truth, someone else is out there, wielding their own form of justice. Before this story ends, Cassie will learn just how far some are willing to go to keep a secret buried forever.