Stark:
Stark has more money than God and the social conscience of a dog on a croquet lawn.
What's more, they know the Earth is dying, so deep in Western Australia a planet-
sized plot takes shape. Unfortunately all that stands in the way of the conspiracy
are four inept green freaks.
Gridlock:
Gridlock is when a city dies. Killed in the name of freedom. Killed in the name of
oil and steel. Choked on carbon monoxide and strangled with a pair of fuzzy dice.
How did it come to this? How did the ultimate freedom machine end up paralyzing
us all? How did we end up driving to our own funeral in somebody else's gravy train?
Deborah and Geoffrey know, but they have transportation problems of their own. And
anyway, whoever it was that murdered the city can just as easily murder them.
Popcorn (Dagger Awards):
Bruce shoots movies. Wayne and Scout shoot to kill. In a single night they find out
the hard way what's real and what's not, who's the hero and the villain. A nation
watches in awe as Bruce and Wayne resolve the serious questions. Does art imitate
life? And does Bruce use erection cream?
Inconceivable:
Lucy desperately wants a baby. Sam is determined to write a hit movie. The problem
is that both their efforts seem to be unfruitful. What Sam and Lucy are about to go
through is absolutely inconceivable. The question is, can their love survive?
Dead Famous:
One house. Ten contestants. Thirty cameras. Forty microphones. Yet again the public
gorges its voyeuristic appetite as another group of unknown and unremarkable people
submit themselves to the brutal exposure of the televised real-life soap opera,
House Arrest. And then suddenly, there are some questions: Who is the murderer?
How did he or she manage to kill under the constant gaze of the thirty cameras?
Why did they do it? And who will be next?
High Society:
The war on drugs has been lost. The simple fact is that the whole world is rapidly
becoming one vast criminal network. From pop stars and royal princes to crack whores
and street kids, from the Groucho Club toilets to the poppy fields of Afghanistan,
we are all partners in crime. The novel takes the reader on a hilarious, heartbreaking
and terrifying journey through the kaleidoscope world that the law has created and
from which the law offers no protection.
Past Mortem:
With old friends like these, who needs enemies? It's a question short, mild mannered
detective Edward Newson is forced to ask himself having in romantic desperation
logged on to the Friends Reunited website searching for the girlfriends of his youth.
As his old class begins to reassemble in cyberspace, the years slip away and old feuds
and passions burn hot once more. As history begins to repeat itself, the past crashes
headlong into the present. Neither will ever be the same again.
The First Casualty:
Flanders, June 1917: a British officer and celebrated poet, is shot dead, killed not
by German fire, but while recuperating from shell shock well behind the lines.
A young English soldier is arrested and, although he protests his innocence, charged
with his murder. Douglas Kingsley is a conscientious objector, previously a detective
with the London police, now imprisoned for his beliefs. He is released and sent to
France in order to secure a conviction. Forced to conduct his investigations amidst
the hell of The Third Battle of Ypres, Kingsley soon discovers that both the evidence
and the witnesses he needs are quite literally disappearing into the mud that surrounds
him. Kingsley quickly learns that the first casualty when war comes is truth.
Meltdown:
For amiable City trader Jimmy Corby money was the new Rock n' Roll. His whole life
was a party, adrenalin charged and cocaine fuelled. If he hadn't met Monica he would
probably have ended up either dead or in rehab. But Jimmy was as lucky in love as he
was at betting on dodgy derivatives, so instead of burning out, his star just burned
brighter than ever. Rich, pampered and successful, Jimmy, Monica and their friends
lived the dream, bringing up their children with an army of domestic helps. But then
it all came crashing down. And when the global financial crisis hit, Jimmy discovers
that anyone can handle success. It's how you handle failure that really matters.
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