No Safe Place by Jenny Spence

Elly Cartwright writes software manuals for Soft Serve. On returning home one evening after having a meeting with Carlos, the company’s brilliant and reclusive programmer, her Brunswick neighbour is shot and killed by a mysterious assassin. A second shot grazes her arm. Her neighbour is an elderly woman and there is no motive for the murder.

The next day, Elly discovers Carlos brutally murdered in his backyard – is there a connection between the drive-by shooting and Carlos’ death?

The question leads Elly and her colleagues at Soft Serve on a suspenseful quest to track down the culprits using all their hacking skills. Jenny Spence has introduced a clever, feisty character and created a gripping urban thriller set in inner Melbourne and Sydney.


Mark Rubbo