Corruption, prostitution, gambling, bent coppers, crooked politicians, honest crims. It's all in a day's work. Set against the back drop of the Askin government with events revolving around notorious crime identities Dick Reilly, Lennie McPherson and Johnny Warren, CROOKED reveals the dark underbelly of Sydney during the late 1960s. Gus Finlay is a fresh-faced young detective who is transferred to the Criminal Investigation Branch after his partner has been exposed as running crooked. Sydney is a savage place. A series of violent killings escalate with a spectacular execution-style murder. When a black book with names of prominent politicians and members of the police force is discovered among the dead man's things, the case is blown wide open, and someone will have to pay . . .
Ned Kelly Awards 2009 First Fiction Shortlist
Ghostlines
$29.95 – Trade paperback / Scribe Publications
Winner of the 2007 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript
Ghostlines centres on Philip Trudeau, a once-respected investigative journalist who has stepped on the wrong toes. With his personal l... Buy or find out more →
Crooked
$32.95 – Trade paperback / Bantam Press
Corruption, prostitution, gambling, bent coppers, crooked politicians, honest crims. It's all in a day's work. Set against the back drop of the Askin government with events revolving around notorious crime identities Dic... Buy or find out more →
The Build Up
$22.99 – Paperback book / Pan Macmillan
For Detective Dusty Buchanon, a female cop in the very male world of the Northern Territory Police Force, it always pays to expect the unexpected. Buy or find out more →