The Wrong Magician (Funny Capers DownUnder, #1)

This time, the magician needs to disappear—for real. Hobart, 1974. Australia's first legal casino has just opened, and lawyer William Clarin is betting on a political career to salvage his floundering legal practice. But when some American gangsters mistakenly assume he's nicknamed The Magician because he can make criminal charges vanish, William faces a stark choice: fight or flee. On the run and out of his depth, he finds himself outgunned, outmuscled—and very much at sea. He'll need more than sleight of hand to survive. This fast-paced novella sets the stage for the darkly comic mystery of Mad Bill's Island.

This funny writer is a former newspaper journalist who is now free to be frivolous. His home is Canberra, Australia, but he started life and work in Tasmania. He has two fictional storylines in progress – the Windy Mountain series and the Funny Capers DownUnder series – plus a collection of short stories and a collaboration with six funny US and UK authors.