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What breed of journalist needs a gun?
"Gar Hart...twisting the tail of a leviathan as submerged as le Carre's dark webs." Tom Flood, Winner of the Miles Franklin Award, Australia's equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Man Booker Prize.
Reviewers say: 'Pulse-pounding action. Razor-sharp dialogue. Breathtaking suspense. Humor. Realistic. Scary. Gar Hart is my new favorite hero.'
Freefall is Book 2 in the three-part Under Eden international crime series.
The maverick reporter's troubles start when he asks why a billionaire's son would steal money and land in prison - then slash his lips. The family blames mental illness. Hart might have swallowed the PR line - if the people he quizzes weren't being murdered.
In Freefall...
Hart travels to London from Sydney to farewell his dying father-in-law, Malcolm Halliday. A former newspaper editor, Halliday provides an unexpected lead in Hart's quest to uncover links between the billionaire Charles East and the shadowy British tycoon, John K Baker - links that Hart has dubbed 'The Ebola Network'.
As Hart ventures from ritzy inner London to seaside Brighton and the old Roman city of Bath on the trail, he learns that flying close to Baker can be as hazardous to him and his children as the real Ebola virus.
Why does Hart turn up in the emergency department of a London hospital? The police aren't persuaded by his explanation.
Hart is a master of the self-inflicted wound, and his enemies work up a plan.
*****
"Furness crackles out fire and ice in a wry voice, piles on inventive and ingenious mysteries, body-slams action like it's hot type, and bleeds characters as damaged and compromised as any Child, Connelly, or Grisham" - Tom Flood.
The author of Under Eden, Mark Furness, was a foreign correspondent who lived and worked in the US, the UK, Australia, and East Asia. He's also been a corporate spin doctor and political lobbyist. He claims his novel is a work of fiction. The good characters are based on real people. The black hats are purely fictional.
Amazon reviewers are saying of Under Eden with :
'Masterful.'
'The story is modern and realistic...scary - this author clearly knows his stuff.'
'The writing is sharp and smart and sets a lightning fast pace.'
'Gar Hart is my new favorite hero.'
'Breathtaking suspense that kept me on the edge of my seat.'
'This book has it all - pulse-pounding action, razor-sharp dialogue, breathtaking suspense and even a touch of humor here and there to balance everything out.'
'Well-developed characters and gritty non-stop action.'
'I was up til 5 am if that tells you anything.'
'The plot & characters have me addicted.'
'Brilliantly written and read it in one sitting.'
'We are catapulted into an outrageous yettotally believable world.'
'Evil in Eden. Wow! I'm hooked on this story of a most stubborn journalist.'
'Characters are all very real and interesting,and certainly not perfect, which makes them all the more relatable and relevant.'
'From the first page where we are thrown straight into the action in the Australian bush, to the last I could not put this down.'
Genre: Mystery
"Gar Hart...twisting the tail of a leviathan as submerged as le Carre's dark webs." Tom Flood, Winner of the Miles Franklin Award, Australia's equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Man Booker Prize.
Reviewers say: 'Pulse-pounding action. Razor-sharp dialogue. Breathtaking suspense. Humor. Realistic. Scary. Gar Hart is my new favorite hero.'
Freefall is Book 2 in the three-part Under Eden international crime series.
The maverick reporter's troubles start when he asks why a billionaire's son would steal money and land in prison - then slash his lips. The family blames mental illness. Hart might have swallowed the PR line - if the people he quizzes weren't being murdered.
In Freefall...
Hart travels to London from Sydney to farewell his dying father-in-law, Malcolm Halliday. A former newspaper editor, Halliday provides an unexpected lead in Hart's quest to uncover links between the billionaire Charles East and the shadowy British tycoon, John K Baker - links that Hart has dubbed 'The Ebola Network'.
As Hart ventures from ritzy inner London to seaside Brighton and the old Roman city of Bath on the trail, he learns that flying close to Baker can be as hazardous to him and his children as the real Ebola virus.
Why does Hart turn up in the emergency department of a London hospital? The police aren't persuaded by his explanation.
Hart is a master of the self-inflicted wound, and his enemies work up a plan.
*****
"Furness crackles out fire and ice in a wry voice, piles on inventive and ingenious mysteries, body-slams action like it's hot type, and bleeds characters as damaged and compromised as any Child, Connelly, or Grisham" - Tom Flood.
The author of Under Eden, Mark Furness, was a foreign correspondent who lived and worked in the US, the UK, Australia, and East Asia. He's also been a corporate spin doctor and political lobbyist. He claims his novel is a work of fiction. The good characters are based on real people. The black hats are purely fictional.
Amazon reviewers are saying of Under Eden with :
'Masterful.'
'The story is modern and realistic...scary - this author clearly knows his stuff.'
'The writing is sharp and smart and sets a lightning fast pace.'
'Gar Hart is my new favorite hero.'
'Breathtaking suspense that kept me on the edge of my seat.'
'This book has it all - pulse-pounding action, razor-sharp dialogue, breathtaking suspense and even a touch of humor here and there to balance everything out.'
'Well-developed characters and gritty non-stop action.'
'I was up til 5 am if that tells you anything.'
'The plot & characters have me addicted.'
'Brilliantly written and read it in one sitting.'
'We are catapulted into an outrageous yettotally believable world.'
'Evil in Eden. Wow! I'm hooked on this story of a most stubborn journalist.'
'Characters are all very real and interesting,and certainly not perfect, which makes them all the more relatable and relevant.'
'From the first page where we are thrown straight into the action in the Australian bush, to the last I could not put this down.'
Genre: Mystery
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