Dimensions
155 x 235 x 31mm
Scandal, vengeance, redemption in the third book in the series brought to TV screens by Foxtel in Secret City Scandal, vengeance and redemption are the driving forces in this explosive conclusion to the political trilogy that began with The Marmalade Files. At the end of The Mandarin Code, we saw beloved yet dishevelled newshound Harry Dunkley in disgrace, having failed to reveal the existence of the Alliance, a sinister cabal of mandarins pulling the strings of power in Canberra. But new purpose is in the air.
As the Coalition government teeters disastrously, a revived Dunkley, aided by an unlikely group of past adversaries, is emboldened to take on his abiding enemies: resurrected Labor powerhouse Catriona Bailey and the hitherto untouchable Defence Secretary, Sir Jack Webster. Webster, a respected statesman and member of the Alliance, has played Dunkley at every turn. Now perhaps he's over-played, and mixed with innate arrogance, that just might bring him down.
Finally, Dunkley sees a way to personal redemption and to avenge the death of analyst Kimberley Gordon, whose murder in The Marmalade Files cast a long shadow over friends and enemies.
