Kate Atkinson

The story of how, from the early 1970s, Australia's eccentric Ian 'Molly' Meldrum became a loved and respected rock music guru as host of the TV show Countdown.

Jack Irish has no shortage of friends, but family members are few and far between. His wife was murdered by an ex-client and his father is a fading photo on the pubs football wall of fame. So when Des Connors, the last link to his dad, calls to ask for help in the matter of a missing son, Jack is more than happy to lend a hand. But sometimes prodigal sons go missing for a reason... As Jack begins to dig, he discovers that Gary Connors was a man with something to hide, and his friends are people with yet darker and even more deadly secrets.

A young Australian woman reluctantly agrees to help a Chinese mother search for her missing daughter and becomes involved in human trafficking and the sex slave trade.

여러 곳을 다니고 싶어하는 호주인 지질학자 샌디는 한 일본인 샐러리맨의 방문으로 그녀의 소원을 이루게 된다. 상사의 명령에 따라 일본인 히로미츠가 호주 광산을 둘러보도록 사막 지대를 운전하여 안내하게 된 것이다. 하지만 그녀는 히로미츠를 무례하고 말이 안 통하는 성차별주의자라고 생각하고 마찬가지로 히로미츠는 샌디를 시끄럽고 공격적이며 매력 없는 여자라고 생각한다. 둘 사이의 문화적인 충돌은 히로미츠가 예정에 없이 더 외진 지역으로 안내해 줄 것을 고집하면서 더욱 깊어진다. 그 안내의 결과는 재앙이지만 외딴 모래 기둥들 사이에 고립되면서 둘 사이에는 특별한 유대감이 싹튼다.

Three fraternal bank robbers languishing in jail, discover a profitable (if not dodgy) way to spend their time. Crime can most certainly pay, if you "know wot I mean?" However when sex and greed rear-up between the good crims and the bad cops, the consequences are both bizarre and fatal.