Diamond Dove

After a long time away, Emily Tempest returns to the community where she grew up – half in the Aboriginal world, half in the white world, and unsure to which she belongs. The humorous narrative, juxtaposed against a murder mystery, gives us a sensitive portrayal of central Australia’s Indigenous communities.

Author

Adrian Hyland

Adrian Hyland spent many years in the Northern Territory, living and working among Indigenous people. He now teaches at La Trobe University. Diamond Dove is his first novel. It is the first crime novel to feature an Indigenous protagonist since Arthur Upfield’s Boney series.

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