David Whish-Wilson

I Am Already Dead by David Whish-Wilson is a gripping and high-paced noir novel. This will keep fans of True West on the edge of their seat. The second book in the Lee Southern series by award-winning author David Whish-Wilson. Trainee private investigator Lee Southern finds himself drawn into a web of danger and deceit as he investigates a series...

The Coves is a historical fiction novel set amongst the turmoil, loyalty, and violent betrayal of the gold rush era. San Francisco, 1849—a place gripped by gold fever, swarming with desperate men come to seek their fortune. Among them are former convict Australians, quick to seize control in a town without masters, a town for the taking. Into this world...

Based on real events, and years of research, this crime novel shines a light on the criminogenic nature of the distant-water fishing industry, and the human and environmental cost of its operations. Cutler is a former undercover operative, now working off the books for his handler, Malik Khalil. When Cutler is tasked with investigating the disappearance of an Australian marine...

O'Keefe is a gripping thriller by David Whish-Wilson, showcasing why he's renowned for exposing the underbelly of 'civil' societies. Fresh from his exploits on the high seas, undercover operative Paul Cutler assumes a new identity to become Paul O'Keefe. Paul is tasked with stepping into the shadows to reveal the mysteries surrounding a surge of Mexican cartel meth flooding Australian...

It's the early 1980s—the heady days of excess, dirty secrets, and personal favours. Former detective Frank Swann is still in disgrace, working as a low-rent PI. But when he's offered a security job by the premier's fixer, it soon becomes clear that someone is bugging the premier's phone—and it may cost Swann more than his job to find out why....

Shore Leave by David Whish-Wilson brings back Frank Swann in another edgy and disturbing crime thriller that's far too close to the truth for comfortable reading. This is the fourth book in the Frank Swann series by the award-winning author, David Whish-Wilson. When an American navy ship docks in Fremantle, it brings a wave of trouble. It is Fremantle in...

Gritty and unsettling, this noir crime novel is based on Perth's thriving Neo-Nazi movement of the late 1980s. True West is the first book in the Lee Southern series by award-winning author David Whish-Wilson. Western Australia, 1988. After betraying the Knights bikie gang, 17-year-old Lee Southern flees to the city with nothing left to lose. Working as a rogue tow...

...we rarely travel far to swim. We occasionally cross the river to Leighton or Cottesloe, where the white sand squeaks underfoot and the champagne foam in the shallows tingles the legs and fizzes over the shoreline and makes children giddy with delight ... the cirrus clouds above the horizon often resemble passages of perfect cursive script written in soft white...

This sweeping tale of a larger-than-life figure is a must-read for lovers of historical fiction. San Francisco, 1856. Irish-born James 'Yankee' Sullivan is being held in jail by the Committee of Vigilance, which aims to rout the Australian criminals from the town. As Sullivan's mistress seeks his release, and as his fellow prisoners are taken away to be hanged, the...

"The State is divided. It's not life or death, it's more important." So says a poster on Dennis Cometti's wall - and that's what David Whish-Wilson and Sean Gorman found when they interviewed 40 fans of the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers. Among those interviewed are David Wirrpanda, Shaun McManus, Dennis Lillee, Alison Fan, Gillian O'Shaughnessy, Julie Bishop,...

Private Investigator Lee Southern is looking for a murderer in a prison full of killers. When an assassination attempt in a prison cell winds up with the wrong man dead, Lee Southern is hired to protect the real target. The millennium is just weeks away and rumours of a complete technological meltdown have guards and prisoners on edge. As violence...

A high-stakes crime novel that exposes the lawless world of distant-water industrial fishing and a modern-day slave trade where power rests in the hands of a merciless few. Paul Cutler is a former undercover operative, now working off the books for his handler, Malik Khalil. When Cutler is tasked with investigating the disappearance of an Australian marine scientist on a...