2nd Novel Out Now

the movement by
kate hamilton

After a thrilling and death-defying adventure in Nimbin, New South Wales, Frank Phelan, a former politico, finds himself in a desk job working for Legal Aid. He and his colleague, Diana Gianiovellis, are looking into the case of a missing crop-duster, Natalie Mulligan.

Lucy Lush Box wished she hadn't snuck out at midnight and hidden in the bushes, where she watched a drug deal go down on the Tyagarah airstrip with five sinister men loading bales of marijuana onto a plane.

Seth, Lord High Alchemist, couldn't care less about the missing woman or nefarious drug deals with the mafia. He had a job to do! Blessing the plastic merchandise the Movement sold to aspiring members, was his responsibility. Unfortunately, he was stoned and fell into a deep sleep on top of the cartons. When his offsider, Shorn, a.k.a. Kevin Bogan, spotted the unmarked police cars cruising towards the warehouse, he bolted, leaving Seth blissfully unaware his life was about the change.

Detectives Olaf Petersen and Greg Foreman weren't sure what to expect when they busted Seth for drugs, but he promptly threw everyone in the cult under the bus including the international smugglers.

The investigation into Natalie's whereabouts took an insidious turn when a dead body turns up on La Perouse beach and the mafia get serious about finding her. Meanwhile Frank and Diana get serious about each other.

“A comic romp through cults and crop dusters.”

— Libby Summerfield