This crime novel is set in the West Australia outback.
2 men appear at the local Police station telling the same story about the other one trying to kidnap him and murder him.
Inspector Chandler Jenkins is the highest ranking officer and is unsure what one to believe.
Gabriel is the one who told his story first he is put up in a hotel, Heath then tells his story he seems more aggressive he is put in the cells.
Gabriel escapes from the Hotel.
Mitch who is the commanding officer for the Police comes to assist Chandler they used to be really good mates. Mitch has climbed up the greasy pole and is being horrible to Chandler. It turns out Mitch is now with Teri, the Mother of Chandlers children and they want custody.
6 Graves are found in the bush. All victims murdered.
The book also flashes back to 11 years ago when Mitch and Chandler were involved in a missing persons search they never found the body. The family of the missing boy eventually accepted he was never going to be found.

It turns out Heath is the good guy and Gabriel is the Murderer he was the brother of the missing boy 11 years ago.
His Parents died in a car crash then he went to live with a Bible bashing couple who brainwashed him.
Gabriel kidnaps Chandlers children he wants to swap them for Heath. Chandler goes against the Police agrees to this but Mitch shoots Gabriel dead.

Now the hunt is on to find Sarah and Jasper, Chandlers children.
Book ends on a cliffhanger are the children found are they alive or dead?

OK book. ( )

55 by James Delargy talks about two very distinct men who confess they have been kidnapped by each other, claiming the other one is a serial killer who has killed 54 other people. This book had me hooked from the very beggining. The action started developing right away but still keeping the readers guessing what was the next move. Though I loved the book, the very abrupt and incomplete ending is keeping me from giving this book five stars. Maybe 3 and a half stars would be somewhat more accurate than four stars, since I would have prefered a closure written down with words instead of keeping us guessing. Even if it was a really horrific one or, maybe, even a happy ending. ( )

A brilliant Novel with some fantastic characters. Hard to believe that this a debut novel.
Definitely looking forward to the next one from this promising new Author. ( )

For the most part, pretty exciting and it kept me guessing, but ambiguous ending pulled it down for me. Two men appear at an Australian police station with the exact same story, almost word for word, about each of them being kidnapped then escaping. Which man is telling the truth; which one is lying? Story attempts to find out the truth. Other policemen are brought in. Interesting premise. 55 doesn't signify what it purports to mean on its surface. ( )

Two stories are told in tandem. One from the present and one from ten years ago.

In the story from ten years ago a young man is missing in the bush and two very new policemen are heading the search party in the rough country near Wilbrook.

Now, ten years on, one of the policemen is the Sergeant at the Wilbrook station when a an injured man arrives, claiming to have been captured and imprisoned by a serial killer. Two days later another man turns up with the same story.

The second policeman is now the Inspector at the Port Headland station and he and his officers turn up to take on the investigation at Wilbrook. There is a lot of animosity between the two, largely stemming from their experiences ten years before.

This novel reads as if the author is Australian and I was surprised to realise that he is not.
A good read ( )