Cirrus@Austlit

'A mysterious group prepares to carry out a ruthless terrorist attack...

'Geoff Miller, a Melbourne loss adjuster, is investigating a Workers Compensation claimant, suspected of rorting the system. He follows him to a remote Victorian country property where he observes the claimant, and others, on an obstacle course. Whilst videoing the claimant from a distance, Miller realises he's stumbled across a private army or terrorist group, but whilst filming is caught in the act.

'His disappearance causes his employers to contact authorities, which in turn leads to ASIO who are investigating an imminent suspected political assassination of a visiting foreign dignitary. Miller's disappearance appears to connect with their own investigation. There is a thrilling race against time to find Miller and prevent the assassination attempt.' (Publication summary)

(Publication summary)

'During a business trip to Taranga, a Pacific Island nation, Douglas Van Ekeren, a second generation Australian, is mistakenly invited to a clandestine meeting held by a group planning a coup d'état. The mistaken identity is due to a similarity in surname to another coup member, who is flying into Taranga from overseas and scheduled to stay at the same hotel but who has been delayed. Initially Douglas believes the meeting relates to his business trip, but slowly realises the true situation, feigns illness and manages to get out without arousing suspicion.

'He flies back to Australia from Taranga the next day, but the coup plotters have realised their mistake. To ensure the coup is not betrayed, they kidnap him from Sydney Airport on his arrival and hold him captive, but after several days he escapes.

'But with no money or means of communication, deep in country Victoria and pursued by his late captors, unable to contact police because his captors have incriminated him, can he reach ASIO in Canberra and forestall the coup?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Harry Wallace is asked by the Australian Intelligence Service to collect and deliver a small package during a business trip to Indonesia. This simple task becomes a nightmare when he unwittingly becomes a target of the security police and narrowly avoids arrest. He needs all his wits to deliver the package to the Australian Embassy and does so successfully. Harry returns to Australia, but the Jakarta episode comes back to haunt him when he travels to England. An Indonesian national is found murdered in London and Harry is framed over the death.

'What connects this event to Harry's earlier visit to Indonesia? Desperate to prove his innocence, pursued by the police and a menacing emigre organisation, Harry embarks on a dangerous journey.' (Publication summary)