Cirrus@Austlit

'Frank Delaney, investigative journalist and sometime spy, is on assignment in Phuket, Thailand, in the aftermath of the tsunami that killed thousands of people, foreigners and locals alike. Disaster victim identification teams from police forces across the globe have descended on this idyllic holiday location to carry out their gruesome work.

'Delaney discovers that, against all logic, someone is trying to prevent identification of one of the bodies lying in makeshift beachside morgues. His search for the reason follows a trail through Thailand’s seedy child sex trade to an elaborate cover-up in Germany and France, where those with everything to lose use increasingly desperate measures to stop him dead.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Momentum reprint).

'In the second Frank Delaney thriller, the Montreal-based investigative journalist and sometime spy is assigned by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service to locate one of their agents gone missing in Bangkok.

'The search for Nathan Kellner, a bohemian bon vivant with a taste for young women and a variety of illicit substances, brings Delaney first to London, then to Thailand and Burma, where evidence points to an elaborate plot to destabilize the Burmese military regime. Untangling that plot thrusts Delaney directly into the line of fire between the generals at the head of Burma’s all-powerful junta and those who would use any means to see them overthrown.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Momentum reprint).

'Santa Claus is tired. He has been making and delivering toys for more years than he cares to remember. So, one day, he decides he needs a little rest, a sabbatical. He might even decide to retire. He gathers his elves together for a meeting at the North Pole and tells them the alarming news. He’s arranged a management contract with a group of people in suits and they will be in charge of Christmas until further notice. Santa himself is off to the sunny beaches of Australia, with Mrs. Claus, a few of his most trusted elves and his Christmas sleigh.

'All goes well, for a time. Then the new management starts to make big changes in the way things operate at the North Pole. The elves are not happy, the reindeer are not happy, no one is happy at all. So they send a secret letter off to Santa in Australia, telling him about their troubles.

'Santa heads home on his own to see what he can do. But the new managers want nothing to do with this old man whose time, they say, is passed. The doors of Santa’s own workshop are closed to him and he is sent packing.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'In the icy depths of a Quebec winter, a harmless old Polish man dies in mysterious circumstances. His suspicious niece draws in Montreal investigative journalist, Frank Delaney, to help her find the truth behind the death, a story the authorities seem to want covered up.

'The search for answers sweeps them into a dangerous web involving Canadian, Polish and Vatican agents who will use any means, even murder, to stop them. The catalyst for this international intrigue is the true story of Polish national art treasures secretly shipped to Canada to be hidden from the Nazis in the opening days of World War Two. This classic thriller combines fascinating history, deft storytelling and psychological depth.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'For the Record offers the reader an unusual glimpse, through Aboriginal eyes, of key issues and events in Aboriginal and Australian history by bringing together examples of Aboriginal journalism from a wide range of Aboriginal and mainstream publications.' (Source: Back cover)