 First edition | |
| Author | Adrian Hyland |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Emily Tempest |
| Genre | novel |
| Publisher | Text Publishing, Australia |
Publication date | 2006 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 322 |
| ISBN | 1921145307 |
| Followed by | Gunshot Road |
Diamond Dove (2006) is a crime novel by Australian author Adrian Hyland. [1] It is the first in the author's series of novels featuring the recurring character Emily Tempest. [2] It won the Best First Novel category of the 2007 Ned Kelly Awards.
Emily Tempest, the daughter of a white miner and his black wife, returns to her childhood home, Moonlight Downs in the Northern Territory, after completing her schooling at an Adelaide boarding school. Her homecoming is impacted by the murder of Lincoln, the local elder. The police are baffled but Tempest makes use of her unique background to track down the killer.
Mindy Laube in the Sydney Morning Herald noted that the novel is "popular literature of the stylish and substantial variety". [3]