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Summary

Some killers hide in plain sight. Others hide in ritual. 
Detective Inspector Terry Stratton starts his day racing a Tasmanian triathlon, trying to outrun personal demons and professional rivals in roughly equal measure. By mid-morning he’s standing over a body staged with chilling precision in one of Hobart’s quietest parklands. 
Recently demoted and handed the re-formed Homicide and Unsolved Violent Crime Unit — a home for misfits and careers in decline — Stratton sees what others miss. The murder isn’t random. It’s deliberate. Symbolic. And unfinished. 
When a second body appears, just as carefully staged, Stratton becomes convinced the killings follow an arcane logic rooted in ritual and belief. As he traces the pattern, resistance grows: the media wants answers, his own team is divided, and Assistant Commissioner Morton is certain Stratton is chasing shadows. 
With kunanyi / Mount Wellington looming over the city, Stratton must choose between political survival and stopping a killer racing toward a final act — where every wrong call could cost him his badge, or someone else their life. 
The second book in the Detective Inspector Stratton Mysteries, Aether is a psychological murder mystery rich in atmosphere and dark humour, set on an island where isolation sharpens obsession. For listeners who enjoy a detective crime series, Australian mystery, and stories where intellect, instinct and stubborn integrity collide.

Duration: about 11 hours (10:40:17)
Publishing date: 2026-07-27; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —

• Contemporary Fiction
• Crime & Thriller