Jo Milanne

Dubbed Mothy Knickers in high school, for being a bookish nerd, Timothy Funicular prefers to be known as Tim Fun in later life . Enrolled in the Australian Police Force, clever Tim Fun qualifies as a detective. His surfing hobby has him act as a lifeguard when off duty. Shy and reserved, Tim Fun gains his 29th year without ever attracting a steady girlfriend. The few girls from his surf club who accept dinner dates only use him as a meal ticket. Tim suspects he is being set up for a laugh when precocious teenager Xanthe Bridcombe attempts to seduce him as her first lover. Tim does his best to put the 16-year-old girl off. When Xanthe's younger sisters play a prank on Tim he is placed in a more compromising situation. The girls' big burly father Sergeant Angus Bridcombe takes a dim view of shenanigans. During Tim's eventful year, he faces embarrassing and life-threatening problems. On top of it all, Tim Fun falls desperately in love with Xanthe Bridcombe who, at sixteen, is thirteen years his junior.

Miss Dimity Minto, a prim and proper office clerk, embraces a latent streak for revenge that creates her lifelong secret...An escape to the country must be fast tracked.Dimity is destined to love two men. One is her best friend and the other, her obsession.Three deaths have been caused. One by accident, one on purpose and the other 'accidentally on purpose'.Fate forever links the futures of Dimity and her two handsome lovers.

Bruce Luck's disorder results from toxic parents and his cruel upbringing. He falls into a life of crime. His nickname THE BRUISER is earned during incarceration.On release from prison, he emerges as an embittered man with a bone to pick with society.The Bruiser embarks on a crime spree across Australia and commits murder, rape, violence, theft and other crimes.With a belief in his own luck and cleverness, he imagines his tracks are well covered.Unknown to The Bruiser, detectives are only ever a few steps behind him.The felon learns a lot about himself from those he meets along the way and finds not everyone is a pushover.He identifies regrets for his chosen lifestyle but is unable to change his ways or undo what he has done. Falling victim himself, he is never to learn of his worst mistake, and never to know of his one saving grace.

Abandoned at birth. Her name taken from a cat box in which she was found, Isla Tickle grew up knowing she'd have to stick up for herself.Regrets for having no family, Isla hungers to be loved, and falls under the spell of a criminal.Quick to verbal defence, Isla makes enemies. Two men contrive to bring her down.Help is at hand from a surprise quarter.