Tony McFadden

Can Ellie convince the police that her best friend's death wasn't suicide?Or accidental?Can she stay alive herself now that the killer knows what Ellie knows?And can she find a career in a city that cares more for what's on the outside than on the inside?Aussie Ellie Bourke moved to LA a year ago to advance her acting career. She had no idea she'd have to solve a murder before finding success.

Nick Harding has a new case. Actually, two of them.A very rich old dude is about to kick off and is desperate to make amends with his estranged son. Nick is contacted by the old guy's lawyer with a task: Find the son, convince him to get in contact with his father, and help mediate the relationship.Nick hates mediating.That same day a friend of a friend engages him to track down a serial deadbeat who has bilked a small financial services company out of millions of dollars. The fee is lower, but the job is more up Nick's alley.Then the heir's life is threatened, the deadbeat has a compelling backstory and everything Nick thought he knew was wrong.

You'd think being a Private Investigator in a small, coastal Australian town would be pretty easy. Stolen cars, infidelity, small stuff, basically. That's what Mac Durridge thought it would be. And until he was framed for murder and a whopping huge bank heist, that's what it was. Now he's running from the police force that he used to work for, trying to get his ass out of the fire before they catch up to him

Nick Harding has a new case.A man who used to be one of his targets when he sat in a seat in the Australian Federal Police tracking money launderers has "hired" him to find his daughter.Not "hired" so much as "kidnapped". He'll be free to leave once the daughter-father reunion happens. The daughter has no interest in meeting her father. She's only in town to disburse three-year-old ill-gotten gains.Ten million of them.And if the father was honest, it's those ill-gotten gains he really wants to meet up with. Unfortunately for the daughter, the father, and Nick and his colleagues, the previous owner of those ill-gotten gains is working harder to find her than Nick is.The good guy always wins. Nick isn't sure who that is this time.

Large PrintNick Harding is an idealistic Private Investigator, trying to eke out a living after a spectacularly boring career in Financial Crimes with the Australian Federal Police.The very recent widow of the billionaire founder of Dvorak Kars -- Australia's first and only EV manufacturer -- hires him to root out the fraud costing what is now her company upwards of $5 million a month over the past year.Nick reluctantly takes the case -- we all have bills to pay -- and quickly realises that the beatings, excessive running and cars on fire are barely compensated by the healthy day rate and the opportunity to drive one of the sweet, sweet Dvorak convertibles.With suspects to spare -- the wife, the head of security, the corporate CFO -- will he figure out how millions of dollars are disappearing before he runs out of time?Of course he will.

It's going to be a hot summer.Four months after Mac sorted out the biggest bank job in his small Australian coastal town's history, things start to unravel.An unexpected meeting on a hot summer's day triggers a series of events that force Mac to choose between saving his own skin, or risking it for an innocent caught in the crossfire.Now Mac is under the gun, literally, as two conflicting cases lead to an explosive conclusion that may end his career.And his life.

Mac Durridge ekes out a living as a Private Investigator on NSW's Central Coast, an idyllic region of coastal Australia. When the wife of a prominent politician is kidnapped and suspected to be hidden somewhere on the Central Coast, Mac is recruited to the team tasked to find her.Until the shit hits the fan, and he ends up in the middle of a war he didn't expect.And one he doesn't think he can win.

You'd think being a Private Investigator in a small, coastal Australian town would be pretty easy. Stolen cars, infidelity, small stuff, basically. That's what Mac Durridge thought it would be. And until he was framed for murder and a whopping huge bank heist, that's what it was. Now he's running from the police force that he used to work for, trying to get his ass out of the fire before they catch up to him

Nick's first case out of his new office was the easiest of the easy. A desperate Mum hired him to find her wayward teenage son.Piece of cake, right?That easy job led him to darkness from his old Australian Federal Police days. Darkness he had left behind.Or so he thought.Finding the kid was easy. The rest of it almost killed him.An Australian-based mystery following the exploits of Nick Harding, Private Eye.

A desperate mum hires Nick to find her wayward teenage son.Piece of cake, right?That easy job drags him into darkness from his old Australian Federal Police days.Darkness he had left behind.Or so he thought.Finding the kid was easy.The rest of it almost killed him.LARGE PRINT EDITION

With a meticulous breakdown of story structure, this book reveals the essential elements that make crime fiction truly unputdownable. Every step of the storytelling process is demystified from the incisive introduction to the exhilarating climax. Learn how to skillfully weave intricate plotlines, create multidimensional characters with hidden agendas, and build suspense that keeps readers on the edge of their seats.

Nick Harding has a new case. A man who used to be one of his targets when he sat in a seat in the Australian Federal Police tracking money launderers has "hired" him to find his daughter.Not "hired" so much as "kidnapped". He'll be free to leave once the daughter-father reunion happens.The daughter has no interest in meeting her father. She's only in town to disburse three-year-old ill-gotten gains. Ten million of them. And if the father was honest, it's those ill-gotten gains he really wants to meet up with.Unfortunately for the daughter, the father, and Nick and his colleagues, the previous owner of those ill-gotten gains is working harder to find her than Nick is.The good guy always wins. Nick isn't sure who that is this time.

Playing sax in his friend's jazz band was supposed to be relaxing.Then his friend disappeared.Johnny Delacourte (aka Johnny D The Sax Machine) left the Army Rangers and the battlefields of Afghanistan six months ago.Then the friend disappears, the cops don't seem to care, and the Russian mob is all over his ass.This book was originally released in 2012. It has been updated and edited for re-release.

Nick Harding is an idealistic Private Investigator, trying to eke out a living after a spectacularly boring career in Financial Crimes with the Australian Federal Police. The very recent widow of the billionaire founder of Dvorak Kars -- Australia's first and only EV manufacturer -- hires him to root out the fraud costing what is now her company upwards of $5 million a month over the past year. Nick reluctantly takes the case -- we all have bills to pay -- and quickly realises that the beatings, excessive running and cars on fire are barely compensated by the healthy day rate and the opportunity to drive one of the sweet, sweet Dvorak convertibles. With suspects to spare -- the wife, the head of security, the corporate CFO -- will he figure out how millions of dollars are disappearing before he runs out of time? Of course he will.