Annie Bryce's life is in turmoil. She's haunted by fears of revenge by a known killer and despairs over breaking up with partner Steve. Desperate to earn money, she agrees to work with retirees exploring the past of Australias’s glittering Gold Coast.

Meeting ageing industrialist Jack Riversdale changes everything. The irascible Jack has no interest in nostalgia - he wants action. With his time running out he's driven to find out what happened to his two sons. One died recently - was it murder? Not trusting the police, he wants Annie to uncover the truth. His older son has been missing for decades - can she find any clue, any trace of him at all?

Annie is sucked into riptides of break-ins, pursuits, threats, even abduction. What was the fate of his sons? Who wants those old movies so badly - why? Traumatised and injured, she battles on as the undertows drag her ever deeper into the murky past before she can deliver Jack the real story about his family. This is the third book in the series.

Print edition: ISBN 978-1-921 406-89-8

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ON LOCATION FOR INTRIGUE IN PARADISE

From its days as the Aboriginal's feasting place of 'Umbigumbi' to Queensland's second largest city today, nowhere has seen so much change so fast as Australia's Gold Coast. Its age of innocence lasted until the 1960s, ane age of simple family holidays in basic little cottages, an age where children could run free. That was when the first of many waves of development swept through; they have continued unabated for fifty years, creating a city with a nightlife like no other, traffic jams, a high-rise jungle, shonky developments, architectural extravaganzas, urban ghettos and hefty doses of drugs, sex, murder and corruption. This is a story for another book.

Pat and her family witnessed this transformation, and the effect it had on the locals. It is these experiences which have seeped into Intrigue in Paradise, a story that stiitches the Gold Coast phenomenon into a bigger picture. Pat was delighted to spend time revisiting her childhood haunts and to discover that there are still pockets of paradise to be found on the 'glitter strip', Australia's long-time international playground.