'Lambert Hampton is the man the small, drought-ravaged country town of Munni-Munni turn to when they uncover three million dollars stolen from bookies by bandits and buried in the middle of nowhere. A former bank manager, Lambert uses the money and his entrepreneurial skills to rescue the town and set it on a sound economic footing. However, the day of reckoning comes when the criminals get out of gaol and want the money back. The crims want the money. The cops want the money. A rogue insurance investigator wants the money. And so do Australia's two most infamous hit men. ' (Trove record)
