The Reluctant Sheriff Author Surname:Offutt the fire conspirators decide to

the fire conspirators decide to carry out a heist: kidnap the CEO of Japan's largest beer conglomerate and extract blood money from the company's corrupt financiers

As they embark on their road trip through the guts of Western Australia

an ingenious amateur sleuth who uses economics to size up every situation

and is as scared as the hostages he's taken

Curdle Creek has one particularly strict policy: one in

The Reluctant Sheriff Author Surname:Offutt the fire conspirators decide toAn ex Army CID officer, Mick Hardin is supposed to be retired or he was until his sister, Linda, was shot in the line of duty, requiring him to step in as interim sheriff while she recovered. Now he's stuck in Rocksalt, the place he was most hoping to escape. Back in uniform, Mick is chafing at the sudden dissolution of his retirement plans, wearied by the petty squabbles of Rocksalt's townsfolk. It's all business as usual, until the murder of a local