Matthew Benns

In this updated version, Matthew Benns takes us back into the murky world of Australian horseracing. Dapper horse trainer Les Samba was in Melbourne for the annual yearling sales when he turned down an Italian meal with racing contacts saying, "I have to meet a bloke." Just hours later he was dead, blood pouring out of five bullet wounds to...

Down Under's funniest detectives shoot from the lip with a wit as dry as their martinis — Kathy Lette A brand new mystery featuring Nick and La Contessa, the beloved characters from Matthew Benns' smash hit nationwide newspaper serial. Time for a martini, darling? Wise-cracking, cocktail-swilling detective duo Nick Moore and his glamorous Italian wife, La Contessa, receive a last-minute...