**With sales of over 16,000 copies of *Sweet Jimmy* , Bryan Brown’s distinctive storytelling voice continues in this unflinching, gripping novel.** **’A work of rattling and serpentine suspense … gripping and sinuous and so, so good.’ Trent Dalton** The body of a local teenage boy is found on the beach of a sleepy northern New South Wales town. David went for an evening swim and got into trouble . . . at least, that’s what it looks like. Three weeks before, Leila, a young backpacker, didn’t turn up for her shift at the local cafe. Benny, the owner, isn’t worried. It happens – backpackers are always on the move. There’ll be another one. One of the locals, Adrian, has been a help to Benny. He’s found him a nice little sideline. Not exactly legal. Is that all Adrian is arranging on the coast? He once was a cop but has he gone bad? And in the backblocks outside town, a bikie gang is gearing up for a large consignment from South America. Murder, drugs, liaisons and lies are stirring up this small coastal town. With Bryan Brown’s characteristic laconic storytelling – humorous, tough and suspenseful – the secrets of this seemingly idyllic town slowly come to the surface. **Praise for *Sweet Jimmy*** ‘Uniquely Australian and uncommonly good, I could hear the author’s voice in every spare, haunting line. More please.’ – Michael Robotham ‘My friend Bryan Brown, quite apart from his other manifold talents, turns out to be an excellent writer. An authentic voice; highly imaginative yet completely believable, with a flair for fully realised characters and a gripping narrative … a great storyteller. This is utterly baffling. I’m furious.’ – Sam Neill