Author(s): Shane Maloney

Crime Fiction & Thrillers

Murray Whelan thinks the life of a political advisor is complicated enough. But throw in a Turk snap-frozen in a local meat plant, drugs planted under the bed, fascist funeral rites and a killer car, and things are suddenly spinning out of control. The fiddle at the Pacific Pastoral meat-packing works was a nice little earner for all concerned until Herb Gardiner reported finding a body in number 3 chiller. An accident, of course, but just the excuse a devious political operator might grab to stir up trouble with the unions. Enter Murray Whelan, minder, fixer and general dogsbody for the Minister of Industry. Between playing of party factions and pursuing the kohl-eyed Ayisha, it's all in a day's work for Murray to hose down the situation at Pacific Pastoral. Then the lairy V8 turns up. And after that, it gets personal. Because don't you just hate it when somebody tries to kill you and you don't know who or why?