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 — and Rawcus, a cockatoo with a knack for spotting a rat with gold teeth before it opens its mouth.
When a small fortune falls from the sky after a cargo shipment splits open above a city wharf, Lennie and Joe are in luck — they’re fishing nearby. They grab the money and run.
But luck has a habit of creating debts.
Rawcus — raised in a pub where he learned a cutting vocabulary and how to spot dodgy characters at fifty paces — can see the trouble coming.
When Lennie’s former parole officer arrives asking about the missing cash — flanked by men built like demolition equipment — old mistakes resurface and new enemies begin circling.
And that windfall isn’t their only problem.
A ‘trusted’ financial adviser once convinced Lennie’s Aunty Doreen that money grew on trees — leaving her with nothing but shame and an early grave.
Lennie has a plan.
A sea voyage.
A small yacht named Flamingo Sky.
A tormentor who may not make it back to shore.
Justice, after all, requires action.
As Lennie explains:
‘A machine isn’t just a bunch of nuts and bolts. It’s a process that transforms things.’
Justice Machine is part of the Firefly Electrics series — where each novel can be read as a standalone story.
Rawcus shuns Lennie's fancy ideas.
‘Ya dumb as a box o’ hammers!’
Genre: Mystery
Meet Lennie and Joe — suburban electricians by day who fix faults in the justice system at night — and Rawcus, a cockatoo with a knack for spotting a rat with gold teeth before it opens its mouth.
When a small fortune falls from the sky after a cargo shipment splits open above a city wharf, Lennie and Joe are in luck — they’re fishing nearby. They grab the money and run.
But luck has a habit of creating debts.
Rawcus — raised in a pub where he learned a cutting vocabulary and how to spot dodgy characters at fifty paces — can see the trouble coming.
When Lennie’s former parole officer arrives asking about the missing cash — flanked by men built like demolition equipment — old mistakes resurface and new enemies begin circling.
And that windfall isn’t their only problem.
A ‘trusted’ financial adviser once convinced Lennie’s Aunty Doreen that money grew on trees — leaving her with nothing but shame and an early grave.
Lennie has a plan.
A sea voyage.
A small yacht named Flamingo Sky.
A tormentor who may not make it back to shore.
Justice, after all, requires action.
As Lennie explains:
‘A machine isn’t just a bunch of nuts and bolts. It’s a process that transforms things.’
Justice Machine is part of the Firefly Electrics series — where each novel can be read as a standalone story.
Rawcus shuns Lennie's fancy ideas.
‘Ya dumb as a box o’ hammers!’
Genre: Mystery
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