Thicker Than Water

Third in the PI series, Thicker than Water finds Kit O&apos;Malley trying not to become too embroiled in the feud between three Melbourne crime families, while dealing with ghosts from her past, and a strange missing persons case.<br /> <br />The women&apos;s bar known as Angie&apos;s is the last place anyone expected to find the dead body of known-criminal Gerry Anders, and O&apos;Malley soon discovers that helping her family of friends out of trouble can be just as dangerous as facing a deranged killer – only more complicated.<br /> <br />She has to deal with an old nemesis from her days of the force; the matriarch of the notorious Riley clan, who takes a liking to her; a troublemaking journalist; and a Romeo and Juliet scenario.<br /> <br />Kit&apos;s ex-partner, Detective Inspector Jon Marek, is not coping with the ugly reality of his on-going hunt for a serial killer; and, as the Feds are still spying on everyone, Kit&apos;s courtship of the gorgeous Alex Cazenove remains under wraps.<br /> <br />To cap it all off a good friend and his strange Russian-American client go missing, and suddenly everything points to old grudges and unresolved family tension.<br /> <br />Everything, that is, except the very strange connection to Melbourne&apos;s Bubble-Wrap Killer.