The thirteenth book in the popular Detective Inspector Carol Ashton crime series.
Mega-rich Australian fashion magnate, Gussie Whitlew, is sponsoring the inaugural Whitlew Challenge, a three-million dollar golf tournament held at the Whitlew Country Club, and designed to attract the world's top women professional golfers to Sydney. The course is very photogenic, its lush fairways situated right on the coast, with sandstone cliffs falling to the sea.
One of the most famous in the field is Fiona Hawk, an extremely talented, but very abrasive British golfer, who is loved by the media and the fans, but widely disliked by her sporting peers. When her body is found in the scenic bunker of the fourth hole, her head bashed in and a sand wedge nearby, the suspects are legion.
When Detective Inspector Carol Ashton (whose knowledge of golf is minimal) takes the case, she has a crash course in what lies beneath the surface of professional golf. Not only do the suspects include players, such as charismatic American, Toni Karstares, young Aboriginal golfer, Brinella Altunga, fading star Kasha London, American teenage sensation, Ashleigh Piddock - but also the sports agents who, for a 20% cut of winnings, fight ferociously to represent the biggest money earners on the circuit. And that's not to mention the sports writers, photographers, hangers-on and rabid fans how pursue successful sports stars.
