SUDDEN SHADOW Ryan Wilson is a Chicago Homicide Detective with a penchant for solving homicides with style and success. His solve rate is one of the best but his newest case is a puzzler. He is looking for a murderer that does not appear on the video tape of the murder scene and his only lead is an elusive thief that he hopes saw the killer. The case takes a strange twist when the killer strikes again with no apparent motive or connection to the first crime. Wilson relies on his partner La...

Extreme Eviction A Ryan Wilson Novel Chris Waters is a former sales and marketing manager and hockeycoach. He is a proud grandfather who enjoys playing golf and poker. He also writes poetry and short stories. He lives and writes near Toronto Canada. Kelby was a quiet rural town where little happened and what did happen was hardly considered exciting or newsworthy. When the seemingly unfortunate death of a Chicago bank manager is linked to an accidental death in the town of Kelby, Detective...

In the three decades from the beginning of World War II Australia emerged on the world stage as an independent actor in foreign affairs. The key institution overseeing the development of Australia's international status and foreign policy during that period was the Department of External Affairs.This stimulating collection of essays explores the history of this government department as it grew from being a small amateur bureaucratic player to become a professional global network.