The Casino (Signed Paperback) Gold Coast Quartet Book 3

 "This is as hard-boiled as Australian crime fiction gets, and it's very good."  – Sydney Morning Herald

"A page-turning thriller that reminds us just how blurred the thin blue line of the law can be." - The Saturday Paper

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NOVEL (336 pages)

Published by Ultimo Press (AUS)

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On the Gold Coast in 1985, paradise has a price — and someone just paid it.

A severed hand washes up on the beach. No body and no explanation.

Detective Lana Cohen has been trying to put down roots on the Gold Coast, to believe that the worst of it is behind her. She's wrong. The case pulls her into the orbit of two unwanted partners: Vince Walters, an Internal Investigations cop running so far off the rails it's a wonder he still has a badge, and Ewan Hayes, a Melbourne PI whose reasons for being here are his own business — for now.

What they find is a Gold Coast mid-transformation: the new casino gleaming on the waterfront, the shopping centres bustling, the nightclubs loud and bright and rotten underneath. Somebody powerful wants the hand to stay unidentified. Somebody powerful always does.

Book 3 of the Gold Coast Quartet. Follows THE STRIP (Book 1) and THE DREAM (Book 2).

A pulse-pounding thriller perfect for fans of Heat and True Detective, The Casino masterfully blends suspense, action, and psychological depth while exploring the dark underbelly of the Gold Coast, where ambition, greed, and corruption reign supreme.

PRAISE FOR THE CASINO AND IAIN RYAN:

'This is fast-paced, superbly plotted crime. Readers will eagerly await the next book.' - Good Reading Magazine

' Perfect for fans of Garry Disher, Adrian McKinty and Peter Temple' - Books + Publishing

'Iain Ryan is one of the most gifted writers in the contemporary Australian crime fiction scene' – Steven Powell, author of LOVE ME FIERCE IN DANGER: THE LIFE OF JAMES ELLROY.

‘Splendidly gritty' – Kate Mildenhall, author of THE MOTHER FAULT and THE HUMMINGBIRD EFFECT

'An exciting new voice in Australian crime fiction' – Adrian McKinty, author of THE CHAIN and THE ISLAND

This is the paperback edition.

15.5 x 23 cm | 6 x 9 inches

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