Bright City Cold Blood

Luke Kelly was out of the game. His days of hunting murderers as a private detective were over. He'd had one too many brushes with death and put too many of the people he loved in harm's way. Besides, his new wife was carrying their first child and nothing would tempt him back into that dangerous life. Yet, when Ronnie Walker breaks the news that a one-time friend has been murdered and the cops have given up on the case, he finds himself drawn back, one small step at a time, into the murky depths of Brisbane's criminal underworld.
Reluctantly dusting off his PI licence, Luke is soon out in the field again, tracking down his friend's murderer with Ronnie at his side, struggling to understand why he's doing it. But the path to justice is through a clueless dessert and finding a way to the truth of what happened seems hopeless.
Bright City Cold Blood is the fifth novel in the Luke Kelly crime series.