CodeX

Sarah, a simple secretary, becomes the involuntary heroine of a story of political corruption together with her old love, Michael, who suddenly reappears in her life. She will find herself fighting to bring out the incredible truth. An ancient family pendant left by him in custody before disappearing again will soon prove to be an object of great importance and be a crucial point of the story.The sequence of events which follow one another at a rapid pace open the doors for Sarah to an unknown world made of intrigues and conspiracies that change her life, bringing her to various risky yet fascinating distant places in the search of Michael, who is soon discovered to be an agent of the secret service.

The Odessa Connection

2008: Almost three years have passed since the tumultuous events outlined in The Mendelssohn Connection, which thrust the unwilling Isaac Menshive into a position of global responsibility as the head of a fabulously wealthy family trust. Isaac now lives quietly, if luxuriously, in a dacha in the west of Russia with his new family: his young wife Sophie, heavily pregnant with their second child, and his infant son. While Isaac’s marital contentment has put paid to his former philandering ways, it is his old friend and most trusted adviser Will MacIntosh who finds himself emotionally unmoored — at exactly the moment when events conspire to put the immense burden of the trust squarely on his shoulders.Still in danger from unknown forces that will stop at nothing to get their hands on the trust’s considerable assets, Will and his team continue to investigate its origins and the extraordinary fortune that it has accrued over the centuries. The team’s researches point them in the direction of the city of Odessa and the early 20th century, and the unexpected involvement of two men: the first a very familiar figure from Russian history; the second hailing from Will’s own backyard on Prince Edward Island…Moving between Russia, the Ukraine, London and the Mediterranean, this second instalment of the trilogy that started with The Mendelssohn Connection finds our protagonists Will and Isaac tested as never before. Now that he has so much to lose, Isaac experiences the extremes of joy and despair, while Will, weighed down by ever more responsibility, finds his stolid self- assurance evaporating as he discovers betrayal lurking around every corner.

The Runaways

Cassandra Clayton is the symbol of perfection to her classmates. Bennett Lawrence is the troubled guy that no one wants to mess with.

The only thing they share in common: they both have enemies to deal with.

When one coincidence puts them together, they start to build trust for each other. But soon, they find themselves tangle up in a dangerous plot.

Now, someone is dead, their secret is breaking out, and they are being chased down. Will the pair of Bonnie and Clyde survive?

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?

Passcodes to Peril

Len Gorski’s new assignment has taken him to Sydney’s heartland to coach the UNSW football team in the State League. On the eve of the grand final, he is embroiled in the aftermath of theft of world-first technology from the team captain, a post-graduate research student.

The search to recover a prototype device and learn the identity of the thieves leads to violence and life-changing adventures for the team captain, his girlfriend, and her former high school sports teacher. Survival skills learned in Len’s earlier life are stretched.

San Diablo, The Devil’s Haven

They had all heard the rumours about the place of course, but they had dismissed them as jailhouse myth and bullshit, a place where the prison doctor would pronounce you dead, and you would disappear from heart and memory, and enter into Hell on Earth as the warden’s guest in San Diablo the devil’s haven.

The Devil’s Haven is set in the middle of the baking hot desert. Hidden far from public view and scrutiny resides the top-level, top-secret super-max correctional facility, a warehouse of sorts for the very worst of the worst of humanity’s dregs and gangsters, those sentenced to death for their heinous crimes, those that no one would miss.

Through twists and intrigue, it soon becomes clear that all is not as it seems at San Diablo, neither is the hyper-sadistic warden, nor his new guest the bizarre and enigmatic high-profile inmate en route to the hell pit, or the mysterious CIA super agents entirely as they seem at the Devil's Haven, San Diablo.

Short Shrift

Jonny Hainsworth is an autistic, penniless orphan who lives in a caravan on his auntie’s farm. He never seems to get it right. William Mortensen is an erudite, successful lawyer who lives behind electric gates and has a gardener. He never seems to get it wrong.

But not everything is as it seems.

William Mortensen is dead, slumped over a dank public bench in a rank public park.

In and around this park hover shady characters – warm and humorous yet deviant and debauched. All of these characters have an interest in William Mortensen’s life. All of these characters have an interest in William Mortensen’s death.

And now there is someone else interested in William Mortensen’s life. And he is also interested in William Mortensen’s death. No one seems to know who he is. No one seems to know what he is doing. He can’t tell them. The man with no name is mute.

This book is not about class. This book is not about money. This book is not about success. This book is not about failure.

This book is about guilt.

We all carry it. But how do we carry it? And what does it lead us to do?

Jonny keeps asking. But Jonny keeps getting Short Shrift.

The Alpha Portfolio

This is a story about a daughter’s search for the truth and her struggle against the silent misogyny within her family.

In the months leading up to the Global Financial Crisis, Lottie Sacramento is about to marry her fiancé Dan. She would consider herself one of life’s lucky ones. Working for her uncle’s business in the gilded world of European property fund management, Celestial has an investment track record to die for. Unfortunately, her fiancé does just that – in mysterious circumstances on a business trip to Frankfurt – and her world is thrown into turmoil.

As the financial crisis unfolds and Lottie searches for the truth about Dan and Celestial, she begins to unravel a series of dark family secrets.

The Bigamist

Harry Boulton, a successful consultant for a global corporation, finds himself in a downward spiral after losing a substantial sum of money gambling and being fired from his job in Brussels. The added pressure of receiving a letter from his wife in New York asking for a child only compounds his stress. With mounting debts to a dangerous loan shark known as Spider and the weight of two marriages to navigate, Harry reaches the brink of despair and makes a devastating decision.

But just as he is about to pull the trigger, fate intervenes and gives him a second chance. Determined to turn his life around, Harry takes on a new job and sets out to make amends with the two women in his life. However, when his wives unexpectedly meet in Sydney, where he has found a fresh start, the stage is set for a heart-pounding confrontation that could determine the rest of Harry’s days.

Harry’s journey is a thrilling roller coaster ride of personal redemption, filled with twists and turns that will leave readers on the edge of their seats. With a gripping plot, dynamic characters, and intense action, this book explores the limits of love, loyalty, and the human spirit.

The Gate in the Fence

The book is about two neighbours who live in houses separated by a fence with a gate in it. It was there before either of them moved in. The gate provides easy access between the two properties. One of the neighbours is an ex-war vet who lives alone and is struggling with life and relationships after his combat experiences. The other property houses a family: a bank manager and his wife. The husband, Michael moves in first to take up his new role at the bank, while his wife stays on to sell the old house. In his new role he inherits a PA who sees her new boss as a bit of challenge, in more ways than one. Katie, Michael’s wife finally settles in to life at the new home, until one morning there is an unexpected knock at the front door. Who is it, and what do they want? What happens next will change all of their lives forever. The twists and turns in the storyline will have you wanting to know what happens next. Love, deception, deceit, planning, scheming, strength, courage, murder, revenge – the story has it all. Where will it all end and where will they all end up? Or will it end at all?

The Illusion of Guilt

Roy’s life was not going well. He was clever, very clever, but his boss didn’t like him and finding other jobs in the computer industry at the ripe old age of forty-five could be difficult. He had bought a house with his girlfriend, but she was leaving him because he was “too nice”. He would have the debts of the house plus old debts that he was still repaying. Then there was Rosemary, but she seemed preoccupied with her stalker who had threatened Roy, grabbing by the throat on one occasion. Would he end up like his friend Keith who drove to the top of a car park and jumped off?

However, Roy had done something remarkable: he had saved the life of a man at one of his favourite hiking spots. He didn’t know what this would mean at the time. Then he realised there were other options for the stalker and his boss. What would he do? Would he feel guilt or was guilt just an illusion?

The Thundering Silence

Norse mythology, religion, legends, and fairy creatures of various kinds are very much the focus of attention, both in social media and beyond. In this book you will meet quite a few of them, as well as ghosts, scientific research into the paranormal, and inexplicable events, including deaths. The scene is set in the middle of Western Norway, between fjords, mountains, and glaciers, in the height of summer, and in a typical tourist destination. Toby and Roger, cousins who meet up again in the wake of the death of Olaf, Toby’s grandfather, settle in to enjoy the summer, sorting out Olaf’s will and Toby’s inheritance. But things do not go according to plan, and a cascade of events threatens to literally throw them out of existence. They must find out what – or who – is behind the horror terrorizing the village, preferably without losing their lives in the process.