Cirrus@Austlit

'In this gripping standalone thriller, returned war hero Josh Kennelly must take on the mob after 62yo property entrepreneur Jack Tyson is murdered and his wife Stella is charged.

'Borrowing via a reverse mortgage shouldn’t be mortal! 

'Had Jack had a crystal ball, he would never have borrowed and would have been more careful in his choice of partners.

'A wall of silence in the small town where Stella lives threatens to convict her.

'Only Josh stands between her and thirty years in prison …'

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'When war hero, Josh Kennelly is told that prisoners on death row in the U.S. have more rights than elderly wards, he doesn’t believe it.

'Then he receives what he thinks is a crazy call from an Afghanistan war veteran claiming that his father’s been kidnapped by a guardian.

'Reluctantly, Josh gets involved and discovers the murky guardianship industry where judges, guardians, lawyers, and doctors are complicit in a “get rich quick” racket.

'Can he expose these omnipotent criminals?'

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'Who would have thought that making a will could be dangerous?

'Sandra Norton is your average everyday banker when she faces a dilemma. Greed versus decency.

'Jack Fontaine calls himself a criminal … lawyer which is not the same as a criminal lawyer.

'When a criminal … lawyer and a banker get together, their clients lose their lives and their money. Only war hero, Josh Kennelly, stands between them and a fortune.'

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'With the Las Vegas mob snapping at his heels, young builder Luke Cramer fearing for the safety of his wife and baby son heads to Australia’s Gold Coast.

'After getting a lucky break, Luke starts his own building business, and within a few years, is a millionaire. However, the lawless and violent Builders Laborers and Mining Union (BLMU) want their cut, and there’s nothing they won’t do to get it.

'Complaining to the police doesn’t help because they’re in the union’s pocket. Desperate, Luke returns to the U.S. and recruits his best friend and hitman, Joe “Ratsy” Ratsch, to level the playing field. 

'When the union appoints a powerful new leader with murder on his agenda, he ratchets up the stakes. 

'Luke can fight, or he can run …'

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'Inspired by true events.

'When twelve-year-old Congolese boy, Joseph Muamba, is sold to a wealthy American family he wants to die.

'Eventually, he comes to love the family and lives the life of the all-American boy. However, he cannot rid himself of a nagging feeling that he has a greater calling in life.

'Fourteen years later he competes at the Beijing Olympics for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and wins his birth country’s first-ever medal – gold in the decathlon. However, the nagging feeling persists, not satisfied with Olympic gold.

'Revered, he returns to the Congo as a guest of the president but is horrified when he discovers Westerners and the Chinese are bribing politicians and plundering the country’s mineral wealth.

'Bribery, corruption, rape, and murder are the norm in the Congo. When the poor, oppressed people protest, they are imprisoned or killed.

'Finally, Joseph realizes what his calling is, but it involves risking his life, and the lives of those whom he loves.'

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'When young, New York plastic surgeon, Jack Donahue’s reputation is destroyed, he changes his name and makes a fresh start in Sydney.

'Blessed with unique surgical skills and driven by greed and lust, it’s not long before Donahue is a multimillionaire, but he wants more – much more.

'Handsome, narcissistic and cruel, when Donahue sees the opportunity to become super-wealthy, he seizes it.

'Will greed be his downfall?'

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'When war hero Josh Kennelly returns from Iraq and Afghanistan, he craves nothing but anonymity.

'Drawn into a life and death situation where a man is holding a knife to a young girl’s throat on the ledge of a high-rise building, Josh has no choice but to act, but he is too late.

'When the man plunges to his death, San Francisco’s streets come to a standstill.

'Did he fall or did the shock of the bullet that ripped his shoulder apart kill him?

'What had made this homely, family man snap?

'When the man’s alluring daughter begs Josh to find out why her father was killed, how can he refuse?'

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'Directors and executives of public corporations are dying in mysterious circumstances.

'Their only connection is irregular share dealings that took place in their companies before their deaths.

'When young auditor, Todd Hansen, runs up a huge gambling debt with illegal bookies, he finds himself in serious trouble. The only way he can pay them is by providing confidential information about his firm’s corporate clients.

'Caught, and sentenced to nine years in New York’s toughest prison, Todd is given a way out BUT it’s dangerous. There are those who think they’d be safer if he was dead.

'Will a chance meeting with a Mafia boss in prison save Todd?'

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'What would you do if you were framed by the woman you lusted after, and sentenced to twenty years in an Asian prison? Would it make any difference if the heinous crimes that you’d gotten away with carried longer sentences? Would knowing that your actions led directly to the suicide of your financial controller play on your conscience? Blind hate kept Douglas Aspine alive in Changi Prison. He had no compassion for those he had hurt, only the lust for revenge. Would Aspine succeed in bringing down those who had framed him?'

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'The air and water in the Fisher Valley were pristine before a large energy corporation conned farmers and landowners into letting it have access to their land.

'Once on the land, it drilled and fracked coal seams deep below the surface, without a care for the air, ground and water it was polluting.

'When little Charlie Paxton, aged only six, dies from a mysterious form of cancer, his father, Charles, swears to have his revenge. Determined to stop the energy corporation, Charles, sets off with his faithful dog in the middle of the night to set its wells on fire.

'An unholy alliance of farmers, greens and conservatives quickly join the cause, but rapacious governments won't hesitate to use the police and army to protect the energy corporation’s ill-gotten ventures.

'Will the environment be saved or will big business get its way?'

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'An irresistible crime thriller.

'Douglas Aspine was a cold, calculating despot who lusted for the riches and power that came with being a public company CEO.

'He was forty-five and running out of time when fate dealt him an unexpected opportunity.

'The company was old, staid and well-respected, but it was underperforming, and Aspine was determined to turn it around no matter who he had to crush or how many toes he had to stand on.

'Soon he was at war with the company’s employees, unions, suppliers, financiers, and co-directors, but nothing was going to stop him. Not his chairman, not his wife, not his mistress, not the anonymous death threats, and definitely not the media.

'He could almost taste the glory, the riches, and peer recognition he’d craved for so long, but would those who he’d hurt so badly let him enjoy his ill-gotten gains? He knew he had countless detractors and enemies who he contemptuously labelled “losers” and paid them no heed.

'Would this prove to be a miscalculation of monumental proportions?

'The CEO is a financial thriller that will grab you from the first line and take you on an enthralling, surprising and suspenseful ride you will not forget.'

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'When a prestigious stockbroking firm gets into financial trouble, it’s bailed out by a sinister and mysterious figure … a silent and deadly partner.

'Soon he is using the firm to do dirty deals and rip-off the public.

'Fatal accidents follow those who oppose or challenge him

'How many will have to die before he is satisfied?

'Endless twists and turns will have you gripping the edge of your seat.'

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