Creature of an Ancient Dreaming — Graham Wilson

A fisherman finds a unidentified head in a waterhole in Northern Australia. I seems to be the possession of a huge and ancient crocodile which lives there and does not want to let it go.

The police are called to investigate and they too are awed by the crocodile which lives there. At the same time what first appeared to be a crocodile attack turns into murder. Who is this man who no one seems to know.

Susan, the English backpacker of Just Visiting, returns to England, pregnant after her escape. She becomes engaged to another man but her past returns to haunt her. She must read the diary of her former lover, she must decide her unborn child's fate

This book follows the consequences of the actions which conclude the first book, In this series, Just Visiting, where Susan, an English backpacker, comes to Australia, gets caught in a terrifying relationship and barely escapes with her life.

She carries this man's child but another glittering relationship beckons. Her future seems bright.

But slowly and inexorably the truth of what really happened in Australia emerges. The police have her photo. They are closing in on her identity.

It seems to Susan that the malevolent spirit of the crocodile which pursued her in the first book is slowly taking her over and consuming her mind. She must make yet more terrible choices in order to save herself and her sanity and to avoid another betrayal. She has her former lover's diary, she hopes it holds the key.