Deacon’s nephew Dow, however, is physically fit and threatens Falk to try to get him to leave. In the present, when Falk comes back to Kiewarra to investigate the Hadler family murders, Deacon still holds a grudge but has become older and frailer. This caused Ellie’s father, Deacon, to make threats against Falk and his father Erik Falk, physically chasing the two of them out of Kiewarra. When Ellie died, investigators found a note on it that said “Falk” on it in her room, along with the date of her death, leading many to believe that she had met up with Falk just before her untimely death. Falk, Luke, Ellie, and Gretchen were all close friends back when they were 16 years old. After the funeral, Gerry and Barb convince Falk to stay in town for a few days to investigate the murder.įalk finds himself unwelcome in his old hometown because many people still believe he played a role in the murder of Ellie, a girl who drowned in the river under mysterious circumstances 20 years ago. Luke’s parents, Gerry and Barb, want to know the truth about Luke’s death, and this is why Falk has returned to Kiewarra: Gerry called Falk and sent a note requesting him to come to Luke’s funeral. Most people in town believe that Luke shot his family with a shotgun and then killed himself while sitting on the edge of the cargo bed of his ute. Falk’s childhood friend Luke Hadler has just died, along with his wife ( Karen) and son ( Billy), although his infant daughter ( Charlotte) survived.

Australian financial crimes police officer Aaron Falk travels from Melbourne back to his original hometown of Kiewarra, a small farming community suffering from a prolonged drought.

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