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For Reasons Of Their Own
- Author
- Chris Stuart
- Narrator
- Kirsty Gilmore
- Publisher
- Ulverscroft Ltd
- Publish Date
- 1 May 2022
- Run Time
- 10 hours 40 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Can the past ever be left behind? Ask a flawed detective, a former refugee, and a government desperate to misuse a dead body to reshape Australia's security policy... Melbourne is a city on the brink, suffering from arson-fed bush fires, searing heatwaves, and the potential threat of terrorism. Detective Inspector Robbie Gray, falling foul of Police bureaucracy, gets called to a body found lying in a rural swamp. When the nationality of the victim is revealed, ASIO takes over her investigation, and she is sidelined. Convinced they are misinterpreting the evidence, Robbie - along with a disenfranchised policeman - secretly digs for the truth...and discovers an entirely different motive, one which transcends international borders and exposes corruption in the humanitarian world.
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Details
- Author
- Chris Stuart
- Narrator
- Kirsty Gilmore
- Duration
- 10 hours 40 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 May 2022
- ISBN
- 9781787829817
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Ulverscroft Ltd
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction
Synopsis
Can the past ever be left behind? Ask a flawed detective, a former refugee, and a government desperate to misuse a dead body to reshape Australia's security policy... Melbourne is a city on the brink, suffering from arson-fed bush fires, searing heatwaves, and the potential threat of terrorism. Detective Inspector Robbie Gray, falling foul of Police bureaucracy, gets called to a body found lying in a rural swamp. When the nationality of the victim is revealed, ASIO takes over her investigation, and she is sidelined. Convinced they are misinterpreting the evidence, Robbie - along with a disenfranchised policeman - secretly digs for the truth...and discovers an entirely different motive, one which transcends international borders and exposes corruption in the humanitarian world.
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