Only killers and thieves : a novel
/ Paul Howarth
- New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers , 2018
- 319 p. ; 24 cm.
It is 1885, and a crippling drought threatens to ruin the McBride family. Their land is parched, their cattle starving. When the rain finally comes, it is a miracle that renews their hope for survival. But returning home from an afternoon swimming at a remote waterhole filled by the downpour, fourteen-year-old Tommy and sixteen-year-old Billy meet with a shocking tragedy.