KARABIRRI

Red Dirt. Diamond Dirt. Everyone misses something.

Set against the sweeping, unforgiving landscapes of the East Kimberley region of Western Australia, Karabirri is an atmospheric outback crime thriller built around the high-stakes theft of a priceless parcel of fifty diamonds.

Within the newly established Karabirri Mine in the remote East Kimberley, fifty million dollars’ worth of high-grade rough diamonds go missing.

The people handling the diamonds didn’t see it happen. The people watching the live camera feeds didn’t see it. The surveillance footage doesn’t show it.

But the diamonds are gone.

Jack Mercer was once one of Perth’s most promising detectives. He’s a long way from the life he left behind, but as Chief of Security at Karabirri, the theft is personal. The diamonds were his responsibility. His to safeguard.

The trail leads north across the vast landscape of the Kimberley and into the Northern Territory. In Darwin, Jack joins forces with police investigators and Gloria Chen, a brilliant digital forensic specialist from his former life. Together, the team uncovers something far more complicated than a diamond theft.

The deeper they dig, the clearer it becomes that the thief isn’t working alone. Someone has planned the operation carefully. Someone is pulling the strings.

As Jack pieces together the theft, he begins to suspect that finding the diamonds may be easier than discovering who’s really behind it.

And this time, he can’t afford to miss anything.

The Bonus Vault

Exclusive companion material for readers who have ventured deep into the Kimberley dirt.

The Map Room

Access high-resolution, full-color original digital files of the Northern Australia regional map and the detailed blueprint layout of the Karabirri Mine Facility Compound.

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The Diamond Files

Delve into the meticulous real-world research surrounding Western Australia's legendary pink diamonds, outback mining engineering, and the security systems that protect them.

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The Karabirri Dossiers

Go behind the scenes with expanded character profiles, psychological assessments, and classified pre-incident logs for Investigator Reeves, Jack, and the personnel profile archives.

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About Malcolm Campbell

Malcolm Campbell is an Australian author fascinated by the intersections of rigorous logic, hidden structures, and the raw topography of the outback. Combining a professional background in organizational frameworks with an enduring passion for tactical storytelling, Karabirri marks his debut entry into the Australian crime thriller landscape.

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