Dr Amelia Clamtrap, recently divorced and feeling lonely, travels from England to Merrindal station in outback Australia, seeking to reconnect with the only family she has left, her brother. The welcome she receives on arrival is unexpected and frightening as someone tries to kill her as she approaches Merrindal station. Her sister-in-law's welcome isn't much warmer and she suspects her brother wants her gone but does he want her dead? Amelia's never been one to back down and now she's worried about her brother. The station was almost bankrupt when their father died but there's a new house, a new overseer and Amelia's suspicions are aroused when she discovers aboriginal artefacts are being stolen from the Singing Rocks and smuggled overseas but it's what's being smuggled in that could be worse. Her brother murdered, Amelia struggles to find the truth and clear what's left of her family's name and in doing so, finds the love that she never had in her marriage