Water Covers All Sins

Water Covers All SinsJames MarshBanksiadale was an idyllic timber mill town, near Dwellingupand Pinjarra, in the south-west of Western Australia. In itsheyday and climaxing in the early 1960s, it was the gem ofall mill towns with its own electricity supply, piped fresh water to allhouses and a peaceful, well-behaved community, not even needinga resident policeman. Today, it does not exist. Everything changed in 1963 when the mill mysteriouslyburnt down, all workers had to leave, and the mill houses wereswallowed up and covered by the waters of a new dam, the SouthDandalup dam. Other problems emerged when it was discovered some 40 yearslater that two local residents had been murdered and disposed of ina mill house which was submerged along with other buildings whenthe dam was fl ooded. Three detectives have to work painstakinglyon various clues to try to track down the killers in this cold case.