Dark comedy crime with bite — and a cockatoo even the villains fear.
Meet Lennie and Joe — suburban electricians by day who fix faults in the justice system at night.
Their wingman is Rawcus — a pub-raised cockatoo with a cutting turn of phrase, a bone-crunching beak, and a gift for spotting trouble around the corner.
Underworld rumours say Lennie and Joe came into possession of a fortune in terrorist cash that fell from the sky during a cargo-loading accident on a city wharf — and disappeared.
Now people carrying unusual tools are knocking on their front door.
To stay alive, the Firefly Electrics team will need to move fast — with the help of a blow-up doll named Mavis, a homemade electric chair, and a room at the Galaxy Motel.
Meanwhile, their childhood friend Pauline Gerrity runs a refuge for abused mothers and children — and one of her residents has drawn the attention of a police insider with a disturbing interest in underage girls.
They call the insider Mr Teflon.
Nothing sticks to him.
Perhaps a road trip to a remote beach house could help rewire the lawman’s soul.
Problem is, Lennie, Joe and Rawcus keep discovering that the best-laid plans of cockatoos and men rarely go to script.
Start the Firefly Electrics series here.
Each novel can be read as a standalone.
‘This offbeat comic-noir novel is a little cracker… I just love this series.’
— Tom Flood, Miles Franklin Award winner
Genre: Mystery
Meet Lennie and Joe — suburban electricians by day who fix faults in the justice system at night.
Their wingman is Rawcus — a pub-raised cockatoo with a cutting turn of phrase, a bone-crunching beak, and a gift for spotting trouble around the corner.
Underworld rumours say Lennie and Joe came into possession of a fortune in terrorist cash that fell from the sky during a cargo-loading accident on a city wharf — and disappeared.
Now people carrying unusual tools are knocking on their front door.
To stay alive, the Firefly Electrics team will need to move fast — with the help of a blow-up doll named Mavis, a homemade electric chair, and a room at the Galaxy Motel.
Meanwhile, their childhood friend Pauline Gerrity runs a refuge for abused mothers and children — and one of her residents has drawn the attention of a police insider with a disturbing interest in underage girls.
They call the insider Mr Teflon.
Nothing sticks to him.
Perhaps a road trip to a remote beach house could help rewire the lawman’s soul.
Problem is, Lennie, Joe and Rawcus keep discovering that the best-laid plans of cockatoos and men rarely go to script.
Start the Firefly Electrics series here.
Each novel can be read as a standalone.
‘This offbeat comic-noir novel is a little cracker… I just love this series.’
— Tom Flood, Miles Franklin Award winner
Genre: Mystery
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