A Body in the Woodpile

Do we ever really know anyone.
After delivering Emma's brother Joe and his very pregnant wife Catherine to the Wentworth customs house in the paddle-steamer Mary B, Emma and Daniel are hurrying to reach Echuca before being stranded as the water in the Murray River falls to its seasonal unnavigable levels. They are delayed by finding a body at Zeller's woodpile. Emma discovers she doesn't know Hilda Zeller as well as she imagined. But how much do the Zeller boys know about the death, and more importantly, where is their father? To complicate matters, there is friction among the crew and a customs officer boards to search for smuggled goods. Things come to a head when the Mary B reaches Swan Hill and Emma finds herself walking the plank. An Emma Berry Murray River Australia cozy mystery.