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Bad Seed
An Australian cyber-crime thriller
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The riveting third instalment of the Cato Kwong series takes readers into a high-stakes world of subterfuge and cybercrime. When wealthy property developer Francis Tan and his family are found slain in their mansion, Cato Kwong is forced to recall a personal history that makes this...
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The riveting third instalment of the Cato Kwong series takes readers into a high-stakes world of subterfuge and cybercrime.
When wealthy property developer Francis Tan and his family are found slain in their mansion, Cato Kwong is forced to recall a personal history that makes this investigation doubly painful. Hunting the elusive and brutal killer takes Cato to Shanghai where a cutthroat game of cat and mouse has him asking who else is playing? And why are they willing to die for it?
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781760995447
Publisher: Fremantle Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 October 2024
Country: Australia
Imprint: Fremantle Press
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 228.0mm
Weight: 528g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Alan Carter was born in Sunderland, United Kingdom. He immigrated to Australia in 1991 and now lives just south of Hobart. He sometimes works as a television documentary director. In his spare time, he plunges into the icy Tasmanian waters for fun. He is the author of five Cato Kwong novels - Prime Cut, Getting Warmer, Bad Seed, Heaven Sent and Crocodile Tears - and the Nick Chester novels Marlborough Man and Doom Creek, set in New Zealand.
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