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'THE MURDERS CONTINUE TO HAUNT ANASTACIA “CHOOK” BABCHUK, A COP OUT FOR REVENGE...

'She’ll stop at nothing to even the score, even if it means becoming a murderer herself. After Anastacia hunts down the old man responsible for the deaths of Evelyn and Polly, she seeks refuge with her friend, Harry Becker, on his farm near Wagga Wagga.

'But Harry is wrestling with his own ghosts, including helping Angelina Cosco deal with the fallout from the death of her mafia boss father.

'When Chook’s past tracks her down, and Angelina Cosco once again finds herself on the wrong side of the Griffith mafia, Harry and Chook must work together to overcome the dangers that pursue them both.

'Corruption and danger insist on intruding on their professional and personal lives as Harry and Chook find themselves pulled deeper into the corruption of Griffith’s mafia.

'Is there ever a way out?

'This third instalment of the Harry Becker series offers the danger and emotional heart readers have come to expect from Gordon Reid’s thrilling investigative novel series.'  (Publication summary)

'Harry Becker has fled to Wagga Wagga, in the heart of the Riverina, and bought a small farm, married a local mother of two and has set about building his idea of a rural paradise...Until a man from the past turns up, and on the run from the Mafia...then a creep, known only as the Kid, arrives to make sure things go from bad to worse with ease. And he is intent on killing Becker until Anastacia steps in to persuade him otherwise...

'She is a cop from Canberra and out for her own type of revenge. The Kid killed her partner while trying to protect Evelyn Crowley.

'Amongst the chaos, retribution will be found, and scores settled.

'For Becker, the safety of his family is paramount.

' Amidst the mayhem, he knows an unimagined ending will come.

'And after all the blood washes away...maybe all returns to normal in paradise...Or does it?'  (Publication summary)

'After being compromised by involvement in a web of police corruption, Harry Becker is discharged from the New South Wales police force. Weighed down by regret, he commits to doing things right.

'Taking on what seems to be a simple investigative job, he discovers his client, Evelyn Crowley, has links to the underworld. The escalating drama takes him on a dangerous course that tests his character and new resolve. 

'Is there a difference between doing things right and doing the right thing? Is it possible for him to act honourably and survive the menace of the Mafia?'  (Publication summary)

An historical novel focusing on the frontier wars in Central Queensland, and, in particular, the Hornet Bank massacre (involving the deaths of the Fraser family and an Aboriginal stable hand at Hornet Bank station in 1857) and the resulting massacres of the Iman people in reprisal.