Opal Fields

She came to find answers – she discovered a trail of secrets… When Jenny Williams took a job as the new constable in an outback opal mining town, she thought she'd be hunting down clues to find her missing aunt and cousin. But when a young woman's body is found at the bottom of a mine shaft, a possible murder forces her personal agenda to take a back seat. Jenny goes head to head with her new commanding officer. He doesn't want to ruffle feathers in town and rules the case death by misadventure. But Jenny is sure the dead woman met with foul play. Risking her job, and her chance at solving her family mystery, Jenny will go behind her boss's back and uncover not only a killer, but a lead that could reveal a decade of corruption. This case could be the link she's be hoping for. But it might just end her career.Or even her life!

Jenny Williams never set out to be an outback cop. It just happened. Now she's juggling her career, her wedding plans and a pending Christmas visit from her parents. All while her fiancé Nick plays amateur sleuth to uncover a mining company scheme to force farmers from their land.She's almost relieved to attend a routine traffic incident. It seems like a walk in the park. But it quickly becomes compilated when the intoxicated driver abandons the scene, leaving Jenny literally holding the baby. She's sure the situation can't get any worse.Until she opens the boot to reveal a dead woman, bound and gagged, with injuries that have nothing to do with a car crash...