Shane Maloney

The Big Ask: A Murray Whelan Thriller features Murray Whelan in a tight spot. A disastrous election result looms, casting doubt on his future as a political minder. However, when his boss, Angelo Agnelli, antagonises the trucking industry, Murray's career concerns become just part of a bigger chaos. Murray's troubles escalate after he gets punched in a city nightclub, making...

The Hon. Murray Whelan MP. Respectability at last. And true love, what's more, in the person of the salty-tongued Lyndal Luscombe—who has in her possession a highly significant ultrasound photo. There must be a catch. And Murray's about to reel it in. In Something Fishy, discover how Murray navigates this twist in his life, blending humour and intrigue in Shane...

Winner, Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction, 1996 ‘When I hear the word culture I think excellence and I think access…’ I wasn’t sure where this was going, but at least he wasn’t reaching for his revolver. Murray Whelan, hero of Stiff, is back at his richly futile best in The Brush-Off. When the body of an artist is fished...

A timeless tale from a more innocent era, first published in 1969 at the time of the first moon landing. Peter sets out into the Australian bush on his pony that leaps like lightning to find a princess to rescue from a dragon - something only a brave and good person can attempt. Along the way he meets a trusty...

The fiddle at the Pacific Pastoral meat-packing works was a nice little earner for all concerned until Herb Gardiner reported finding a body in number 3 chiller. An accident, of course, but just the excuse a devious political operator might grab to stir up trouble with the unions. Enter Murray Whelan, minder, fixer and general dogsbody for the Minister of...

When Murray Whelan, lovelorn political minder and part-time fitness fanatic, is recruited to massage Australia's bid for the Olympics, he has no idea how tough the going will get. Not even the sight of the gorgeous Holly Deloite in her taut blue leotard at the City Club can stop him diving head first into trouble. And, when the death of...