In Chaos in the Cookhouse, Tasmanian Kylie Whiddon, has just arrived in the outback as the newest recruit of the Outback Detective Police Department, formed by the conservative federal government to fight crime in remote Australia. Within minutes of arriving, Kylie is on her first case. Shearers cook, Raelene MacKennel, has been found dead in the cookhouse at Desert Downs, her head caved in with a cast iron skillet. As the investigation progresses, Kylie struggles to find a motive. Roger the Rousie and Trevor the wool presser, appear to have been in the wrong place at the right time. But why would Frank the Barefoot Shearer want to kill Raelene? And what does property owner, Mitch have to do with the shearers dead cook?
P>About the Author: SF Carnes lives in Tasmania, the island state of Australia, with her two feline writing companions, Thelma and Louise. After spending many years working in the shearing industry, both on the mainland and in Tasmania, she moved to Hobart in 1997. Since then she has taken on a variety of different roles, from the justice system to community services, administration and politics. When she is not at work, S.F. Carnes can be found working on her latest writing project or pottering about her garden. Chaos in the Cookhouse is her first novel.
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