Killer, traitor, spy. Tim Ayliffe. 2023.

Someone wants Russian millionaire Dmitry Lebedev dead. After years flying under the radar in Sydney, he’s just had a narrow escape when a sex worker is poisoned in his hotel room. In desperation he contacts his CIA case officer, Ronnie Johnson, offering to expose a traitor inside the Australian government in return for protection.

John Bailey has spent decades risking his life to break news stories. Along the way he’s made some interesting friends, including Ronnie - who saved his life in Iraq - and Scarlett Merriman, whose night with Lebedev left her in a coma. And now they both need Bailey’s help.

When Bailey investigates what happened to Scarlett. Ronnie Johnson is calling in an old debt. Because the same people going after Lebedev have framed Ronnie for murder.