Cirrus@Austlit

'A politician’s past life as a copper threatens to catch up with him. It is 30 years since a judicial inquiry into corruption in the police force transformed the subtropical state of Queensland, Australia. Sam Corris is now the Premier of Queensland. In a chance encounter, Sam Corris runs into an ex-lover, Jenna. The accidental meeting stirs long-held emotions. The encounter is witnessed by Sarah, a friend of Jenna’s. Unbeknownst to both Corris and Jenna, Sarah is actually an investigative journalist researching the Premier’s alleged links to corruption in the police force back in the 1980s. From this beginning, the storyline revolves around an eclectic array of characters – their friendships, loves and jealousies. Events from the present and past interconnect.' (Source: Publisher's blurb)

In the Supreme Court of NSW, Spencer Barrett—a journalist with a Sydney daily newspaper—watches Bridget Conrad chillingly confess to the murder of her own father. It is 12th September 2001, the day news reaches Australia of the terror attacks in New York. With the image of the crumbling buildings burnt indelibly in Barrett’s mind, he can only shake his head at the words of this beautiful young woman. But in Barrett’s own life, the boundary between right and wrong has become blurred. He feels in himself a sense of power; a potency which does not seem to be acknowledged by the world around him. Perhaps it is this that draws Bridget Conrad to him, entangling him in a web of crime and deceit.

Source: Author's Blurb