An Iron Rose

The pain seemed to dissolve. Cold and rough tarmac against the face, chill wind down here at ground level, smell of French perfume on my shirt, delicious. I registered that but all I felt was sad. This is a stupid way to go, I thought. Careless.

When Mac Faraday's best friend is found hanging, the assumption is suicide. But Mac is far from convinced, and he's a man who knows not to accept things at face value. A regular at the local pub, a mainstay of the footy team, Mac is living the quiet life of a country blacksmith—a life connected to a place, connected to its people.

But Mac carries a burden of fear and vigilance from his old life. And as this past of secrets, corruption, abuse, and murder begins to close in, he must turn to long-forgotten resources to hang on to everything he holds dear, including his own life.

An Iron Rose by Peter Temple is a gripping novel that explores the depths of personal conviction and the tenacity required to confront a shadowy past.