Volume 2 of the Bush Capital Series. A Cabinet Minister is murdered and Parliament House is in uproar. Newshound Paul Ryder investigates and finds himself in a dark world where his press pass won't protect him. Will he get the scoop of a lifetime? Will he bed a sexy TV reporter? Or will his byline end up on a tombstone? A fast-paced comic thriller set in Canberra, Australia.

Peter Menadue was a non-prizewinning journalist before studying law at the University of Sydney and Oxford University. He has worked as a barrister in Sydney for more than 20 years. He has written numerous novels under his own name and several courtroom novels under the pen name 'Mark Dryden'.