When organised crime detective Francesca Salucci starts investigating the death of a biker, she comes across shady drug deals and internal power struggles within Australia's various crime gangs. The trail she uncovers leads her from Sydney to Rome, all the way to a small town in the Italian riviera. There, reunited with a past lover, Francesca has no choice but to confront her past and her own origins.<br> <br />In her search for the connections between the Sicilian mafia,...
A man is discovered murdered in a hotel in London and police investigations have difficulty in establishing who committed the crime and are also unable to find a motive.<br /> <br />The investigation is further complicated when it is discovered that the victim is a millionaire businessman and that he has died intestate, has never made a will and apparently has no close family. His lawyers are appointed as administrators of his estate and have the task of trying to trace...
Jade Green has done what she had previously thought impossible. The infamous madam has emerged from obscurity and dared to use her legendary videos to sway Toby Brown's court case in his favour.<br /> <br />Prime Minister Foster knows reputations will be ruined and his government could fall if those tapes were to be released. So too, do other foreign governments as well as far more sinister organisations.<br /> <br />John Thorpe and his agents at Inland Security are...
For generations the Soh family have done whatever they felt necessary to expand their manufacturing business in Hong Kong. Harry Soh is the latest in a long line of obsessed businessmen with no respect for the law.<br /> <br />When the murder of a pair of fishermen in Jersey, and an inferno in his factory in China fails to stop Soh's relentless efforts to expand, he finally comes to the attention of the British authorities.<br /> <br />Unfortunately, the Soh family...
Team spirit is the vital element that can turn a well-trained crew into champions. The crews of the Henswytch Rowing Club know all about team spirit and how powerful it can be, but how far should they go? What lengths are they willing to go to for their fellow crewmen?<br /> <br />Former commando Tom Briggs is introduced to the fanatical spirit of the club and must decide whether to submit or rebel, while property developer Jim Sutton, with his 'green' ideas, sets himself...
The charismatic Barry Kant hosts a TV reality show in which contestants who have suffered horrific events in their lives share their stories. A ravenous and voyeuristic audience votes for the one who's suffered the worst life experience, the winner receiving the grand prize of $100,000.<br /> <br />Increasingly jaded and still grieving the loss of his beloved wife, Kant meets a new woman whom he believes he can allow himself to love. But after only a few days she unfolds a...
When Dan Travers is faced with the prospect of losing his job in humiliating circumstances, and possibly going to jail, he makes a desperate choice. A choice that will affect not only his future but will have dire repercussions for all those around him.<br /> <br />How did this dedicated surfer and family man find himself in such a dilemma? Why would he contemplate such a wild scheme?<br /> <br />Bombings and murders in Bali combine with drug wars on the streets of Sydney...
How does a young woman of wealthy parents and high birth become the owner of one of the most famous bordellos in London?<br /> <br />We follow the life of Jade Green; the infamous Madam of The Garden of Eros, from her birth in Shanghai to her imprisonment after one of her girls is murdered by a jealous husband. Upon her release, she takes up residence in the quiet English town of Walton Village and seeks anonymity.<br /> <br />However, fate decrees that she must revisit...
In ’n miljoenêrsbuurt van Stellenbosch loop ’n huisroof skeef. Die slagoffer, ’n aantreklike rooikopvrou, se vernielde lyk word deur haar kinders ontdek.Kaptein Albertus Markus Beeslaar, op besoek aan dié pragtige Bolandse dorp van gewels, geld en wyn, word teen sy sin by die ondersoek betrek. Saam met die formidabele kaptein Vuyokazi Quebeka word elke kultuur- en geldklip op dié dorp omgedop op soek na die moordenaar.Vyftienhonderd kilometer noord van Beeslaar beland sersant Johannes Ghaap in...
David Roth walks in on a gruesome accident at the Umvoti sugar mill. Then an auditor who insists that he has evidence of foul play at the mill ends up dead. Soon after, David is attacked on the yacht that he is fixing up for his uncle in Durban harbour and he becomes involved in a struggle to expose the truth without becoming the latest in a series of “accidents”. Somehow it is all linked to the deaths of several mill workers and their family members some months ago. Evidence and witnesses seems...
A disillusioned and raggedy American reporterand his drunken photojournalist partner are the lastto see three Japanese schoolgirls who disappearinto Taroko Gorge, Taiwan’s largest national park.The journalists—who are themselves suspects—investigate the disappearance along with the girls’homeroom teacher, their bickering classmates,and a seasoned and wary Taiwanese detective.The conflicts between them—complicated bythe outrageousness of the...