Inspector Lech Investigates. Most people see Canberra as Australia's National Capital and the headquarters of its Federal Parliament and boring politics. Of course it's much more than that. A city of over 400,000 people, of monuments and important institutions and sporting organisations. It's not the perfectly planned city envisioned by its creators however, human nature sees to that. So we have crime - and murder.

. The author, born in Sydney, previously in travel and public relations was a member of the ACT Legislative Assembly 1992-2004 (Speaker 1995-2001) when he retired. He lives in Canberra with his wife, Margaret, and enjoys travel, reading, writing and involvement in community issues.