Every tall tale needs its first lie. This time, the old blokes are trying to fool tourists into believing the Tasmanian Tiger isn’t extinct after all.Which is just as well… because in this comedy, Windy Mountain’s new museum manager is going to need all the help he can get.This hulking Irishman arrives by taxi late at night — and gets a taste of what's to come when the town’s scrawny old cab driver takes a swing at him.Mistaken identity.Old ...

He’s not that kind of magician—unfortunately.It’s 1974, and Hobart is buzzing with the opening of Australia’s first legal casino. Lawyer William Clarin hopes to boost his crumbling legal career with a tilt at politics.But when American gangsters mistake him for someone who can make criminal charges disappear, William finds himself in serious trouble.To stay alive, he has to run—straight into bigger danger on the high seas.Outclassed and out ...

'I could see that still no one had been able to get out from the cockpit. It must have been at this moment that I thought I was going to die because I became remarkably calm.' Trapped inside a burning Lancaster bomber, 20,000 feet above Berlin, airman John Martin consigned himself to his fate and turned his thoughts to his fiancée back home. In a miraculous turn of events, however, the twenty-one year old was thrown clear of his disintegrating aeroplane and found himself parachuting into t...

Three old blokes. One tangled family mystery. A trail of chaos from Tasmania to Ireland.Meet Oodles, Wish-Wash, and The Mayor—three bickering octogenarians who set out to uncover their family history… and end up unravelling far more than they bargained for.In Blokes on a Plane, a DNA test sparks the quest, but when The Mayor vanishes, the other two are forced to turn sleuth before they even reach the airport.In Whitey and the Six Dwarfs...

Seven twisted voices, seven outrageous stories.True Wit is a beach-ready collection of off-kilter tales from seven of today’s most original humorous authors from around the globe.What makes you laugh?In Benefit of Hindsight for Ghosts, a disoriented spirit gets more than he bargained for when he ends up haunting a jail against his will. Or dive into a bizarrely comic tale of mistaken identity in The Curious Case of a Murder Being Announced at Dos...

Three hilarious adventures. One remote island. A long-buried World War II secret.The Funny Capers DownUnder trilogy kicks off in 1974, when a pint-sized Hobart lawyer flees some very unhappy gangsters.He washes up on a forgotten island off Australia’s east coast, hoping for peace and quiet. Instead, he transforms into a cranky hermit known as Mad Bill—and the island soon attracts a motley parade of visitors, each bringing more mayhem.As the chaos un...

Enter the enigmatic realm of Drome by John Martin Leahy, a spellbinding journey into a world beneath our own, where adventure, mystery, and the unknown collide. This classic sci-fi adventure transports readers to an underground civilization brimming with secrets and wonders waiting to be uncovered.Join the protagonist on an extraordinary expedition as he stumbles upon the hidden world of Drome, a subterranean society that defies the imagination. En...

It’s not every day a group of jumpsuited crooners roll into Windy Mountain—especially ones with suspicious minds and surprisingly good detective instincts.When a garden ornament goes missing, the new owners of the Tasmanian Tiger Museum are faced with an escalating puzzle.The clues include a skeleton, a chess set, a concrete marsupial with a secret pouch, and the arrival in town of some unsavoury characters.Oodles, Wish-Wash and the Mayor are off in...

The poems in Salt Train are notes from the soul's hunt for itself. They explore, among other things, the correspondence between the outer and inner world, the sameness between the laws and antics of nature and the composition and workings of the self. These trance encounters with meaning meander from the New York City subway to a North Beach bar, to the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri, to the streets of Belfast, Frankfurt and Hong Kong.

Protagonist: Jim Keegan, the main character, is a seasoned detective with a sharp mind and a reputation for solving difficult cases. He is the lead investigator in the story.Murder Mystery: The plot centers around a murder that appears to be a perfect crime. The victim is found dead under mysterious circumstances, and the initial evidence seems to point to multiple potential suspects, each with their own motives.Investigation: Keegan, along with his team, meticulously investigates the crim...

Two elderly blokes. One missing mayor. And a mystery that really messes with their travel plans.They’re meant to be organising a heritage trip to Ireland — not chasing after a vanished ex-mayor they never liked. James Northan was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and now claims he’s descended from Shakespeare. So when he disappears, the two old fellas from Windy Mountain are hardly heartbroken… at first.But then local landmarks start vanishing. Demoliti...

Three old blokes. One Irish castle. And a thylacine under the sink.The Windy Mountain trio head to Ireland expecting to trace family roots and maybe score a castle or two. What they don’t expect is a Tasmanian Tiger making itself at home in Donegal.Was St Patrick so busy chasing out snakes that he forgot to deal with striped marsupials?Book 4 in the Windy Mountain series is a rollicking mix of mystery, mischief, and marsupial mayhem.