AustLit

'A local fire and an unsolved murder opens Book Two, 'Village Secrets' and has given the management much food for thought when they find time to relax. But even this is difficult with the area manager for Queensland resorts, Owen Sutton, on the job. His major source of income is drug distribution and his goal is to retire wealthy. Experience a journey like no other as you become a part of the various character's lives and all that impacts them. ' (Publication summary)

'Keeala Resort in Brisbane, Australia, is one in a chain of Over 50's Lifestyle Resorts, spread throughout South Australia, Queensland and New South Wales. It is owned by entrepreneur Roger Whitney and his son Andrew. Book One, 'The Last Resort', begins with the Whitneys in the process of developing a new stage at the Resort. The proposal has attracted opposition from locals and protests from a green action group. Leading the group is Laurie Lyall who is a passionate anti-development environmental activist and he is determined to expose the corrupt local council. His life is now threatened because of his involvement. ' (Publication summary)

'Book Three, 'The Road Home', has veteran Manager Jim Watson making an observation to his wife Di that they seem to lurch from one disaster to another at Keeala Resort and perhaps it's time they took a holiday. But in the tradition of the resort they are beset by more criminal activity, most of which they are oblivious to until it overtakes them. One seriously ill resident must face the end of her life while two others struggle to re-emerge from their underground grave where they have been buried alive. '  (Publication summary)

'In 'Crystal Clear', the last in the Keeala Resort Series, Detective Inspector Frank Pekalski, who is looking for a quieter life among people he has come to know well, has taken residency at the resort. At the same time it has become the home of a professional drug manufacturer, looking for a respectable facade and a place to call home. The resort has also attracted the attention of a notorious embezzler who requires a cover while waiting for her husband to be released from prison. Neither the embezzler nor the drug manufacturer is aware their neighbour is a member of the police force. Everything becomes crystal clear in the final twist along the road that is The Keeala Resort. '  (Publication summary)