Tim Ayliffe Tim Ayliffe i(14561613 works by)
Gender: Male
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Journalist and author.

As a journalist, Tim Ayliffe has been Managing Editor of Television and Video for ABC News, TV News Editor for ABC News, the Executive Producer of ABC News Breakfast, and a digital and television journalist for Sky News in London.

He published his first book, intended as the first in a series of three, in 2018 with Simon and Schuster Australia. He is based in Sydney.

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y separately published work icon Killer Traitor Spy Cammeray : Simon and Schuster Australia , 2023 26043146 2023 single work novel thriller

'Russian millionaire, Dmitry Lebedev, has been flying under the radar in Sydney for years. Now somebody wants him dead. Desperate to make a deal to stay alive, he contacts his former CIA case officer, Ronnie Johnson, with an offer to expose a traitor inside the Australian government, threatening a key intelligence partnership with the US.

'Journalist John Bailey has spent decades risking his life to break news stories. Along the way he’s made interesting friends, including Ronnie – who saved his life in Iraq – and Scarlett Merriman – whose night in a Sydney hotel with Lebedev left her in a coma.

'Bailey’s investigation into what happened to Scarlett plunges him head-first into the global spy game. And his old friend, Ronnie Johnson, needs his help. Because the same people going after Lebedev have framed Ronnie for murder.' (Publication summary)

2024 winner The Danger Prize People's Choice
2024 shortlisted Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing Best Novel
2024 shortlisted The Danger Prize Fiction
y separately published work icon The Enemy Within Cammeray : Simon and Schuster Australia , 2021 21863661 2021 single work novel crime thriller

Investigative journalist John Bailey will risk everything to get to the truth so being kicked when he’s down comes with the territory.

Having lost the one woman who was always there to pick him up, the former war correspondent is doing his best to turn his life around without her.

'He has a new job. He’s given up the drink. He even has a dog.

'But then Federal Police raid his home with a warrant granting them unprecedented powers to take anything they want – including all his electronic devices and passwords. When Bailey protests, they threaten to put him in a prison cell if he doesn’t comply.

'Someone wants to stop Bailey doing what he does best – exposing the truth. He has been investigating the rise of a global white supremacist group and suspects that a notorious neo-Nazi in the United States has been directing deadly racist attacks on Sydney’s streets.

'When a body of one of his key sources washes up on a nearby beach, it’s clear Bailey and anyone helping him have become targets. Bailey reaches out for help from a reliable and ruthless old friend – CIA veteran, Ronnie Johnson – and the pair discover a deadly enemy emerging from the shadows.'An enemy who thought they were untouchable. Until now …' (Publication summary)

2022 shortlisted The Danger Prize
2022 shortlisted Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing Best Novel
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