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Lasseter's Truth
Jack Johnson is both lucky and unlucky. He survives the Vietnam war as a decorated helicopter pilot, marries the girl he left behind, and lands on his feet at Australia’s leading advertising agency, as a launch pad to spectacular success in the industry. Lucky, you might say.
But luck can change. Jack is hit with a bogus criminal charge that chases him into the Great Australian Desert, in a quest for Lasseter’s fabled gold reef.
But Jack is not the only one looking. A mysterious Chinese company called Triple Eight is buying up leases in the desert, and people are dying.
Back home, he leaves not only a heartbroken wife but a beautiful and very determined daughter who has had her own problems. Expelled from Australia’s most prestigious public school, Tess Johnson vows to clear her father’s name.
Lasseter’s Truth follows them both as they take on the odds. A story that ranges from the greed of the nineties, into a famous legend of Australia’s outback, with a compelling climax for our own time.
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Last of the True Deceivers
How would you react if you woke up one morning and discovered your cat reading the business section of your daily paper, after it had showered and shaved before letting the dog out? Then suppose it calls you dumb for believing everything you’ve ever been taught, before sitting you down with a strong espresso to tell you how it really is. Shame then that CIA agent Tenacious Law doesn’t own a cat, nor does aspiring journalist Corrie Wymbles, but that doesn’t prevent them from teaming up to uncover the truth behind a supposedly philanthropic society. The Carpenters desire only one thing …to create the perfect planet; and you’re not welcome on it! They have entrusted their evil designs to Timothy Burr, the head of the world’s largest space agency, and failure is not an option. He has the perfect plan to deliver their wishes; he has control over the ultimate demonic entity…and he’s prepared to use it! This thrilling novel erupts into an exciting adventure from the start, bristling with danger and exotic locations: from sizzling downtown Rio to a climatic finale in the grand halls of Buckingham Palace; the pace never relents.
Tenacious and Corrie are caught up in something they are struggling to fully comprehend, but in order to defeat evil, they must sling their prejudices in the trash can and accept the truth of their reality; no matter how crazy it seems.
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Lights at Sea
In the tranquil coastal town where Miranda pursued quiet career in social care, she relished the freedom and flexibility it granted her to nurture her two children, despite their significant age gap. However, when her teenager’s inexplicable decline in energy coincides with an elderly client’s enchantment with mysterious lights at sea, Miranda’s world takes an unforeseen turn. The appearance of an unfamiliar boy on the beach not only saves Tanya from danger but also entangles Miranda in a web of suspicion that threatens to strip her of custody of her younger child. As conflicting family ties unravel, Miranda battles to reclaim her rightful authority in shaping her daughters’ futures, grappling with the tumultuous forces that seek to tear her apart.
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Luke Woam - The Missing Link
Luke Woam is out to become a missing person finder. With such awesome skills as being long-term unemployed; award-winning daytime television trivia knowledge; racking breadcake trays (and occasionally injecting jam into doughnuts when needed in an emergency) and generally being good at nothing useful, Luke sets out with his girlfriend in tow, to the metropolis that is London, to work on his first ever case—locating a runaway teenage girl. It’s a case that will take him way out of his comfort zone of his bed, settee, console, television and unhealthy snacks, which (like everything else in his life post-school), have mostly been paid for by the benefit system.
Luke and his partner, Tina, are thrust into a dangerous world far unlike their own back in small-time Bolton. On the plus side, they do possess a cheap, tacky, lucky charm purchased from a gypsy-like night-time street peddler of an old lady; the charm is probably of no real help to be honest, but alas, it is all in the belief, innit? And, both are in their early 20s still, is that a plus or minus, who knows in this lark?
So, do the UK’s newest, fledgling double act crack their maiden case, or does this missing maiden case crack them? One thing is for sure though, it definitely is a case of people, cultures and cities on a cataclysmic, nay, apocalyptic collision…well, they come into contact anyway!
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Monique
As early as 1939, the British Secret Intelligent Service was looking for recruits with linguistic talents and other qualities suitable to work for the Service in anticipation of a war in Europe.
Andrew joined the Service and after undergoing training at various establishments, and with war now under way, he was chosen to participate in two missions, the second of which severely tested his ability to think on his feet and alter plans due to the changing circumstances. He and his fellow agent carried out a daring raid well inside enemy territory after which they were pursued by the Gestapo as they fled for France. They narrowly escaped their clutches as they entered France but needed the assistance of a young lady – already well known to Andrew – to complete their escape, this time from the French police.
The novel is a compelling and fast-paced story of a British agent in the early part of WWII.
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Murder for A Sideline
In 1960s Ireland, 19-year-old Will Daniels is out hunting rabbits when he comes upon a tinker poaching fish in the river. Thinking to have a bit of fun, Will calls out to the poacher. Things turn nasty when the tinker threatens Will with a knife. Will’s reaction will change his life forever.
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Mustang Man And Me
Maria Lawson’s family farm will never be the same now the Shadow horses have taken up residence. Her neighbours, the Sandford family, have also changed her life, while their late son’s best friend only complicates matters. Handsome, charismatic, wealthy and well known, he’s brought his own brand of trouble from the outset.
Has Maria lost her mind in becoming his wife? She must draw on all her courage to ride the roller coaster of emotions, doubt and jealousy, intrigue and unexpected danger that ensues. Can her love for him survive? Will it save her marriage and even their lives?
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My Neighbour Osama Bin Laden
Agents of the world’s most influential special services, American CIA and British MI16, suddenly show up in a foreign country town. After several months of their intensive activities, the main subject of their concern turns up as well – a very wealthy and suspicious foreigner. The peaceful and measured life of the town sees radical changes...
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Nightshades of New Orleans
A fast-paced novel portraying dynastic Southern families, driven by apocalyptic events involving vampires, genetic experimentation and a serial killer investigation during Mardi Gras. New Orleans' colorful history is vividly recounted and interwoven in the plot, including notorious hauntings and mayhem for which the city is famous. This character-driven novel keeps the reader in suspense, with its diabolical twists, and turns up to the story's dramatic ending and…beyond.
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No One Will Hear You Scream
Blood feuds rarely end well. Occasionally the hatchet will be buried, but more often than not, it will be in the skull of someone. No One Will Hear You Scream, from the start, narrates the antagonism of a famous author, Ruby Latimer, with a young and ambitious journalist, Lizzie Spector, heroine of Achilles Heel – Your Stalker Solution, author’s first book.
Ruby Latimer has sold millions of books, but the current tome is proving frightfully difficult, ergo finding a suitable ending. Then out of the blue a solution is found. Unfortunately, in order to conceal her successful conclusion, heads may need to roll – quite literally.
Crime will always, unfortunately, be a fact of life. How local gangs develop, expand and terrorize whole estates and communities is also a fact of modern-day living. To some out to protect what they have some gangs offer a lifeline to continuing their privileged life. Ruby Latimer may need to use one if things go pear shape.
This novel contains part of Ruby Latimer’s book. You can reasonably call it the ‘book within the book’, something that whilst at first reading appears irrelevant, but as you continue, the relevance – and the title – becomes all too frighteningly apparent.
This is not a book for the squeamish. It is a genuine adult crime thriller which will keep you guessing as to who has done it! Read on and all will be revealed – maybe!
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Not Another Word!
Lacey and Lloyd Jordan begin a journey no young person should have to embark upon. Their father is serving a ten-year prison term, their mother abandons them.
By the time Lacey is out of foster care, she has been in six foster homes. She has three foster siblings who are missing under mysterious circumstances, each at different times.
She has lost contact with her brother. He ran away from their foster home to search for the missing teens. No one has heard from him since.
A story of perseverance, mystery and suspense, this tale has more twists and turns than a rushing mountain stream.
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Nusantara
After dropping out of university, getting a job as a storeman, doing drugs and then splitting up with his wife, Jack, in a fit of depression, joins the Australian Army and is sent to East Timor at the height of the troubles. He “volunteers” for a mission in Indonesia, where the United Nations, with help from the US Navy and the Royal Marines, are trying to rescue a group of foreigners, mostly Europeans, being held hostage by the local rebels. Jack completes his mission only to become the victim of misdirected revenge.
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