The Boundary - Tapa blanda

When a multimillion-dollar development threatens the sacred site of one of Australia’s Aboriginal populations, the Corrowa people file a native claim over the site. Hours after Justice Brosnan rejects the claim, he is dead. Days later, the developer’s lawyer is also killed. As the body count rises, it becomes clear that the key to unlocking the murderer’s identity the single red feather left behind at each crime scene. Filled with suspense and grisly detail, this book follows detectives Jason Matthews, a young Aboriginal policeman, and Andrew Higgins, a wizened cop possessed by his need for revenge, as they attempt to investigate the murders and stay impartial. A fast-paced crime novel as well as a cutting social commentary, this narrative puts native title and contemporary Australian issues under the microscope, exposing a nation still struggling to come to terms with its bleak past.

Nicole Watson is a senior research fellow at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia, and a columnist for Tracker. Admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland, she has worked for Legal Aid Queensland, the National Native Title Tribunal, and the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency. She is the recipient of the David Unaipon Award and a member of the Birri-Gubba People and of the Yugambeh language group.