Salisbury Author Series: Chris Hammer in Conversation with Nina Campbell
Schedule
Sat Oct 25 2025 at 01:00 am to 02:00 am
UTC+10:30Location
34 Church Street, Salisbury, SA, Australia, South Australia 5108 | Elizabeth, SA
Join bestselling Australian crime writer Chris Hammer as he returns with his explosive new thriller, 'Legacy'.Hammer is the award-winning author of 'Scrublands', 'Silver' and 'Trust', a former foreign correspondent and political journalist, and one of Australia’s most celebrated voices in crime fiction.
His books have sold internationally and are praised for their gripping plots, atmospheric settings, and authentic characters.
In 'Legacy', Martin Scarsden faces his most dangerous case yet. A violent attack at his own book launch forces him to flee into the outback, where he becomes entangled in deadly feuds, long-buried secrets, and a centuries-old mystery. It’s a taut, high-stakes thriller that fans won’t want to miss.
This special event will see Chris in conversation with South Australiann writer Nina D. Campbell, followed by a live audience Q&A and book signing.
Seats are limited, so secure your free tickets now.
About the book – Legacy
Martin Scarsden flees an assassination attempt but lands in even more trouble with a deadly family feud leaving him at death's door in Chris Hammer's next blockbuster crime novel.
Martin Scarsden is on the run. Will the desert save him – or bury him?
They bomb his book launch and shoot up his hometown.
Fleeing for his life, he learns that nowhere is safe, not even the outback. The killers are closing in and it's all he can do to survive, but who wants to K*ll him and why? Can he discover their deadly motives and turn the tables? In a dramatic finale, he finds his fate linked to the disgraced ex-wife of a football legend, a fugitive wanted for a decades-old murder and two nineteenth century explorers from a legendary expedition. This is Martin Scarsden's most perilous, challenging and intriguing assignment yet.
Author bio – Chris Hammer
Chris Hammer is a leading Australian crime fiction novelist, author of the internationally bestselling Martin Scarsden series: 'Scrublands', 'Silver', 'Trust', and now 'Legacy'.
Chris’s other award-winning series features homicide detectives Nell Buchanan and Ivan Lucic: Treasure & Dirt/ Opal Country; The Tilt/Dead Man’s Creek; The Seven/Cover The Bones; and now The Valley/The Broken River.
Scrublands was an instant bestseller upon publication in 2018, topping the Australian fiction charts.
It was shortlisted for major writing awards in Australia, the UK and the United States. In the UK it was named the Sunday Times Crime Novel of the Year 2019 and won the prestigious UK Crime Writers’ Association John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award.
