Ice & Fire - pdf version

Jack Waters returns following on from ‘A Murder of Crows’ as he and his partner Peter Murtagh continue their investigation into the ICE epidemic which is growing in Ballarat. Demonstrating that the drug problem isn’t confined to just the big cities, a new operator is building an empire, ruthlessly removing any obstacles to his monopoly and showing no concern for police or public.

Jack, Peter and the team they pull together, have to break the grip of the drug trade, as bodies begin to turn up, seemingly connected to the investigation.

-       Or are they?

Despite the sound of heavy rain around him, Fire Ant heard the ‘Wumph’ as the copper wires on the counter arced and shorted in a blue electronic flame, igniting the petrol fumes, causing the car to explode. The bright yellow flames lit up the bush around him intensely, then a more subdued light as the blaze took hold, to consume the car – and its driver.