In Melbourne for a passing visit for a friend's birthday, Detective Sergeant Nick Vada meets the beautiful Evie Gibson. Twenty-four hours later, he is sitting in the lock-up of the Victorian police headquarters, arrested for murder. Detective Sergeant Eli Roberts is brought onto the case to investigate just what would cause the detective to snap and commit such a horrible crime. Detective Joanna Gray is sent in to assist the investigation and soon finds that not all is what it seems. The V...

Are you suffering in the shadow of a life limiting illness or struggling to overcome the pain of grief and loss? Be Still My Soul is written for the grieving Christian and anyone who wants to know the reason for the hope the Christian has in death. When confronted with death we often seek comfort in our grief, hope in our loss, and rest in our suffering. Be Still My Soul is a small booklet that takes the reader to God’s Word for it speaks the comfort, hope, meanin...

When 17-year-old Belle Smith is reported missing, the Darfield police are busy fighting one of the worst bushfires the region has ever faced. Belle has vanished into thin air, and the local police force have no leads. Twenty years later, the case that gripped the nation is resurrected when a smash hit podcast 'Into The Flames' is released, posing the question: just what happened to Belle Smith? With public interest increasing in the cold case, DS Nick Vada is tasked with returning to Darfi...

When 11-year-old Matty Blackwood vanishes during the Gabinda Rodeo, the sleepy rural town is thrust into a storm of fear and speculation. Detective Joanna Gray, visiting Gabinda to reconnect with her estranged brother, is reluctantly pulled into the desperate search for the missing boy. But Joanna is grappling with her own demons. Her long-time partner, Detective Sergeant Nick Vada, lies in a coma at the other end of the state, leaving her to face the case and pressure alone. As the days t...

When Kiwi backpacker Cody Short goes missing on one of the biggest cattle stations in Australia, the local police in the town of Secret find themselves out of their depth and forced to ask for assistance. Detective Sergeant Nick Vada is sent with his new partner, Probationary Detective Joanna Gray, to the harsh environment to search for Cody. He's also been asked to investigate the disappearance of another woman who went missing on the same station in mysterious circumstances a year ago. A...

Two years ago, the murder of local policeman Darcy Comer shattered the peace of the isolated mountain town of Blarnie, with the crime sharing similarities to the sinister murder of another local two decades ago. Now, as the town reels from still more bloodshed, the new murders also seem to echo this dark legacy. The old town rumours of a devil-cult, long dismissed as folklore, are now revived. A new and enigmatic cult has recently arrived in Blarnie, promising enlightenment but bringing fe...

Life in Hollywood is easy to hate . . .According to Hollywood insiders, Harper and Brett Kennedy have the perfect family life—an image that has been carefully cultivated by an army of PR experts at Galaxy Studios. The truth is, their relationship has been on the rocks since Brett cheated when Harper was pregnant with their youngest child. Four years later, he's still cheating, but this time with the nanny.When the tabloids find out, a media frenzy ensues, a...

Maisy Moore is not looking forward to the holiday season. As owner of the only hair salon in Gamble, Alaska, she'll be run off her feet helping her clients get dolled up for parties. Parties she'll never be invited to.But that's not the worst of it. As a single mom, she knows she still won't be able to give her seven-year-old son, Jack, the kind of magical Christmas his classmates get. If only she could give him what he really wants—to know who his dad is.The last thing Mai...

Detective Sergeant Nick Vada has come to the quiet coastal town of Riema for a much-deserved holiday. When a local woman is murdered, he is shocked to learn that they had met before. And that she had been keeping a secret – she was the daughter of Australia's richest man. Dragged into a world of corporate power and greed, Nick wonders just how far a family would go to keep that power? Tasked with hunting down the murderer, Nick must uncover the secrets behind one of the nation's biggest bu...

When we're trapped in the darkness, despair takes control. We desperately need the light. Margaret's nightmarish personal darkness started with the horrors of childhood trauma, were exacerbated by appalling medical abuse but finally, totally, overcome. A loving husband and a simple faith longed for a miracle. In Light Overcoming Darkness, Jason Summers authentically shares his mum's incredible journey and gives us a gentle and kind compass to navigate the storms of emotional hurt and perso...

Detective Sergeant Nick Vada thought he had left the past behind when he moved to the bustling streets of Sydney. But when his sister's wedding brings him back to the sleepy farming town of Milford, he's forced to confront memories he'd rather forget. What should have been a joyful family reunion quickly turns sinister when a body is discovered on the homestead of Warranilla, the largest farm in the region. The local police are out of their depth and Nick finds himself reluctantly drawn in...

Why would someone walk into the Kooleybuc Hotel on a quiet Friday afternoon and murder six innocent people? The peaceful township of Kooleybuc is left reeling when six people are murdered in cold blood on a quiet Friday afternoon at their only pub, and the locals want answers. Detective Patrick Jacobs of the Cobar Police Department is nearing retirement and has been reluctantly assigned to the case. He is running out of leads. Probationary Constable Nick Vada had planned to get as far away...