Gunshine State

The image of the book cover for Gunshine State by Andrew Nette includes the quote 'A tense, fast moving, vividly-drawn thriller - Garry Disher'.

The image is a drawing with a yellow and black background. There's a grey cityscape in front of a large pale yellow sun. In front of those elements, to the right there's the silhouette of a woman standing with her back to the viewer, hand on one hip, holding a gun pointing up in the other. To her left there's a larger figure in the foreground, a silhouette of a man in a balaclava, black jacket and white shirt. He's holding a gun which is very close to the viewer's view point.

Gary Chance is a former Australian army driver, ex-bouncer and thief. His latest job takes him to Surfers Paradise, Queensland, working for aging standover man, Dennis Curry. Curry runs off-site, non-casino poker games, and wants to rob one of his best customers, a high roller called...Read more