{"product_id":"cold-river-by-margaret-hickey","title":"Cold River By: Margaret Hickey","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe sensational new novel from the author of the bestselling thriller, The Creeper, winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeep in the mountains, secrets grow deadly …\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDetective Constable Sally White knows how easily hikers can go missing in Victoria’s high country. But there’s something about the disappearance of Louis Taylor, a young man lost up Mount Viking, that’s not sitting right with her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLouis was an aspiring journalist, researching the illegal tobacco trade - also known as chop chop - that was once so prevalent in the area. And the last person he interviewed before his hike has just met a gruesome end …\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut with no other leads, and with the search winding down, Sally is forced to accept the young man died in a tragic accident.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil she learns of another missing person case that bears striking similarities. Astrid Marlowe, a young lawyer, vanished in the same mountains two years before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWere Louis and Astrid simply unlucky hikers lost in the treacherous terrain? Or did they both stumble into something - or someone - they shouldn’t?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53174926836001,"sku":"9781761351112","price":36.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/9285\/5329\/files\/9781761351112.jpg?v=1785709390","url":"https:\/\/papertree.co.nz\/products\/cold-river-by-margaret-hickey","provider":"PaperTree","version":"1.0","type":"link"}