Crocodile Tears

Detective, Philip Cato' Kwong is, investigating the death of a retiree found hacked to pieces in his suburban home. The trail leads to Timor-Leste, with its recent blood-soaked history. There, he reunites with an old frenemy, the spook Rory Driscoll who, in Cato's experience, has always occupied a hazy moral terrain.

Resourceful, multilingual, and hard as nails, Rory has been the government's go-to guy, when things get sticky in the Asia-Pacific. Now Rory wants out. But first, he's needed to chaperone a motley group of whistleblowers with a price on their heads. And, there's one on his, too.