Free World

When an assassination attempt in a prison cell winds up with the wrong man dead, Lee Southern is hired to protect the real target. The millennium is just weeks away and rumours of a complete technological meltdown have guards and prisoners on edge. As violence simmers and tensions ignite, Lee’s hopes of a quick mission disintegrate. Going undercover in a prison full of killers is his most dangerous assignment yet. PRAISE FOR THE BOOK ‘David Whish-Wilson’s tough noir tales are among the best crime fiction being produced in Australia today.’ Canberra Weekly ‘David is superb at crafting tough noir thrillers, and Free World is a rollicking good read.’ Sarah McNeill, North Coast Post David Whish-Wilson David Whish-Wilson is the author of twelve novels and three creative non-fiction books. He was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, but raised in Singapore, Victoria and Western Australia. At eighteen, he left Australia to live for a decade in Europe, Africa and Asia, where he worked as a barman, actor, street seller, petty criminal, labourer, exterminator, factory worker, gardener, clerk, travel agent, teacher and drug trial guinea pig. David is the author of four novels in the Frank Swann crime series and three in the Lee Southern series, two of which have been shortlisted for Ned Kelly Awards. David wrote the Perth book in the NewSouth Books City series, which was shortlisted for a Western Australian Premier’s Book Award. Cutler was the first in the Undercover series. He currently lives in Fremantle, Western Australia, with his partner and three kids, and teaches creative writing at Curtin University. David Whish-Wilson is the author of twelve novels and three creative non-fiction books. He was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, but raised in Singapore, Victoria and Western Australia. At eighteen, he left Australia to live for a decade in Europe, Africa and Asia, where he worked as a barman, actor, street seller, petty criminal, labourer, exterminator, factory worker, gardener, clerk, travel agent, teacher and drug trial guinea pig. David is the author of four novels in the Frank Swann crime series and three in the Lee Southern series, two of which have been shortlisted for Ned Kelly Awards. David wrote the Perth book in the NewSouth Books City series, which was shortlisted for a Western Australian Premier’s Book Award. Cutler was the first in the Undercover series. He currently lives in Fremantle, Western Australia, with his partner and three kids, and teaches creative writing at Curtin University.