A small town, a big city cop, and a decades-old mystery to be solved, Before it Breaks has it all.


Detective Daniel Clement is back in Broome, licking his wounds from a busted marriage and struggling to be impressed by his new team of smalltown cops. Here, in the oasis on the edge of the desert, life is as stagnant as Clement’s latest career move.

But when a body is discovered at a local fishing spot, it is clearly not the result of a crocodile attack. Somewhere in Broome is a hunter of a different kind. As more bodies are found, Clement races to solve a decades-old mystery before a monster cyclone hits.

Dave Warner is an author, musician and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven adult novels. Dave first came to national prominence in 1978 with his gold album, Mug’s Game, and his band Dave Warner’s from the Suburbs. He has been named a Western Australian State Living Treasure and has been inducted into the WAMi Rock’n’Roll
of Renown.