Angel of Mercy

SYDNEY COVE, 1802

In a colony built on the backs of convicts and ruled by the corrupt “Rum Corps”, the line between the law and the lawlessness is razor-thin.

Ex-Sergeant Craig “Jonno” Johnson knows this better than anyone.  As the owner of The Palace, the most salubrious tavern and brothel in the Rocks, he deals in secrets, vice and survival.  But when an officer is found dead in a staged suicide, Johno and his lethal Irish enforcer, Steven Forbes, find themselves tangled in a web of their own making.

When the brilliant Dr Colin Dart suspects foul play, the Lieutenant Governor recalls Johnno back into the ranks of the Corps to officially investigate.  Now, Jonno must hunt a shadow known as the “Sydney Slasher”, a predator leaving a trail of “horrendous and disgusting” crimes across the settlement.

Navigating a landscape of faked deaths and rising body counts, Jonno and Forbes play a desperate game.  They must catch and kill the murderer before he strikes again, using the killer’s own lust for blood to make a crime of their own.  In this world of sex, shadows, and betrayal, everyone has a price, and no one is truly innocent.

A fast-paced, R-rated Aussie crime thriller.  Full of twists, murder, and mayhem, definitely not for the pearl clutchers!