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Before Gangland there were the scams of the 70s, when getting rich made life cheap...

"When a brothel madam is shot on a Perth golf course in 1975 it should be a routine murder enquiry. But there's barely an investigation at all, and Superintendent Swann thinks he knows why. Heroin is the new drug in town, and the money is finding its way into some very respectable hands.

"It's the brave or the foolish who accuse their fellow cops of corruption, especially when those Swann's pointing the finger at have mates in every stronghold of power – big business, organised crime, the government.

"He might have won the first round by forcing a royal commission, but the judge is an ailing patsy and the outcome seems predetermined. If that's not enough to contend with, Swann's teenage daughter has disappeared, and the word on the street is he's a dead man walking..."

Line of Sight is classic crime noir, a tale of dark corruption set in a city of sun and heat... READ an EXTRACT: Download PDF - 41.43 KB