Gary Hampson

Mark Sutherland has just become famous for inadvertently publishing the names of deep cover agents on the web during a Government inquiry. But when a high-profile, charismatic politician dies in an horrendous accident while travelling to Cairns for a lovers’ tryst, why does the Prime Minister insist that Sutherland lead the subsequent inquiry? Sure he knows his stuff, but why not pick someone who is competent and can be trusted to get to the bottom of this tragedy? Perhaps they are hoping Sutherland will stuff up again...

Worse still, why put an ambitious, but reckless young politician in charge of Sutherland and the Inquiry, then surround Mark with his ex-girlfriend’s prickly best friend and a mysterious, sexy IT expert? Throw in unrestrained powers of investigation, Spiral Corporation, a drop-dead gorgeous journalist and a vindictive Senator and you have a recipe for disaster.

From the moment they are set up to fail, Sutherland and the team will fight the odds in a tense and fast-paced thriller that will race across Europe and Asia and leave you breathless and red-eyed from late-night reading. The future this novel paints puts Australia clearly in the mainstream of international intrigue and exposed to all the dangers that brings. Millions of innocent people are put at risk and only Sutherland can prevent it – but it can’t be done without fatal consequences.

Light in Dark Corners is Gary Hampson’s breakthrough international thriller and establishes him as one of Australia’s finest crafters of political intrigue and technological wizardry. Watch for the next Mark Sutherland thriller.

"...A gripping techno-thriller populated with gee-whiz gadetry..." Good Reading Magazine