In the three decades from the beginning of World War II Australia emerged on the world stage as an independent actor in foreign affairs. The key institution overseeing the development of Australia's international status and foreign policy during that period was the Department of External Affairs.This stimulating collection of essays explores the history of this government department as it grew from being a small amateur bureaucratic player to become a professional global network.

Extreme Eviction A Ryan Wilson Novel Chris Waters is a former sales and marketing manager and hockeycoach. He is a proud grandfather who enjoys playing golf and poker. He also writes poetry and short stories. He lives and writes near Toronto Canada. Kelby was a quiet rural town where little happened and what did happen was hardly considered exciting or newsworthy. When the seemingly unfortunate death of a Chicago bank manager is linked to an accidental death in the town of Kelby, Detective...

SUDDEN SHADOW Ryan Wilson is a Chicago Homicide Detective with a penchant for solving homicides with style and success. His solve rate is one of the best but his newest case is a puzzler. He is looking for a murderer that does not appear on the video tape of the murder scene and his only lead is an elusive thief that he hopes saw the killer. The case takes a strange twist when the killer strikes again with no apparent motive or connection to the first crime. Wilson relies on his partner La...

Dee Henderson Is Back!Ann Silver is a cop's cop. As the Midwest Homicide Investigator, she is called in to help local law enforcement on the worst of cases, looking for answers to murder. Hers is one of the region's most trusted investigative positions.Paul Falcon is the FBI's top murder cop in the Midwest. If the victim carried a federal badge or had a security clearance, odds are good Paul and his team see the case file or work the murder.Their lives intersect whe...

An electrifying story of vengeance and the sins of a nightmarish past featuring Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont.The sky above Puget Sound blazes orange, as a burning fishing boat fills the air with acrid smoke . . . and the sickening odor of charred flesh. The terrible death of a Seattle fisherman has raised more questions than answers, opening a Pandora’s Box of evil that was kept tightly closed for more than half a century. Now a dark cloud is descending over the...

Stanley comes to the aid of a soccer mom who's been tricked into working for an escort service, and finds himself engulfed in a world of prostitution, pornography, blackmail, and murder.   "Hair-raising and hilarious." —Publishers Weekly   "A gem of a novel...loaded with warmth, wit, and plot...real fear, and a strong sense of justice." —Rave Reviews   "Hall's swift, spare prose captures the grit of Manhattan...He has also created a thoroughly...

Twelve years ago, Matthew Scudder lied to a jury to put James Leo Motley behind bars. Now the ingenious psychopath is free. And the alcoholic ex-cop-turned-p.i. must pay dearly for his sins. Friends and former lovers -- even strangers unfortunate enough to share Scudder's name -- are turning up dead. Because a vengeful maniac is determined not to rest until he's driven his nemesis back to the bottle...and then to the boneyard.

“A joy to read for its wealth of inside knowledge about the antiquarian book business and its eccentric traders.” —The New York Times Book ReviewIn the bestselling first novel of the Cliff Janeway bibliomystery series, former Denver homicide detective Cliff Janeway trades his badge for a bookstore—and quickly finds that rare books and murder make a volatile mix.Cliff Janeway, a tough, book-loving cop with a penchant for collecting ...

For years, billionaire producer Max Ford believed Raine Monroe betrayed him. Now he wants answers. But Raine plans to keep far away from Hollywood’s hottest bachelor…until a snowstorm strands them together – with her baby. Soon Raine is falling fast and the dark secrets from their past are finally coming to light…

Cate Radclyffe is a single mum and successful businesswoman living in Sydney.After falling in love with Lord Julian Ashton Wyndham, she plans to get married. However, their love isn’t strong enough to overcome his vicious family and Cate leaves, broken-hearted and carrying with her a tiny, nine-month secret!

ONE IS his beloved.Leaving L.A.'s Parker Center, Shane Scully and his wife, Alexa, agree to meet at home…but Alexa never arrives. Then Shane's called to a crime scene on Mulholland Drive, where the victim, an apparent gang member, has been executed—and left in Alexa's car. Her gun is the likely murder weapon.THE OTHER Is his Nemesis.As Shane desperately tries to find Alexa, his leads point to a feud between two gangsta-rap record compa...

He’s proving how good being bad can be…A brewing political scandal in her South Dakota home town could make TV reporter Bella Primeaux’s career. Then she uncovers a possible connection between her breaking story and Ethan Wolf Track. The rugged rebel-with-a-cause she remembers has matured into a man with desires that match her own – a passion ready to ignite.In high school Ethan was Bella’s unrequited crush. Now he’s reformed his wild ways and is ready to t...