Lara Coates brings together her knowledge as a forensic investigator in Western Australia and her narrative talent as a novelist into a page-turning thriller series. The star of the series is Detective Sergeant William Carson, aided by his team member turned partner James Declan. In the first instalment of the series, I am Justice (2020), both cops track down a vengeful serial killer who has decided to take justice into his own hands. His sadistic crimes are beyond anything Melbourne has encountered before. The Club (2020) is a terrifying and ruthless establishment with a straightforward set of rules: Pay with cash or your life. Its members pay to exist in a monstrous world beyond their imagination. In a catastrophic sequence of events, Detective Carson is forced to face his demons or risk of losing everyone he loves.

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