Sold

Used-car salesman Gary Braswell just made the two biggest mistakes of his life. He trusted the the Russian mafia. Then he tried to cheat them. The country swelters in record-breaking temperatures, and Gary's hot under the collar. With his sales career at rock-bottom, he's up to his neck in debt to loan shark Jocko Mackenzie. If the loan's not repaid, there's more than Gary's kneecaps at stake - his long-suffering wife is also in peril. Desperate, Gary turns to a charismatic client for help, and he's soon embroiled in the murky world of money laundering. With the federal police sniffing around and Jocko on his tail, Gary concocts an audacious scam. Success means money - lots of it. Failure means certain death. Can Gary pull off the impossible?Dodgy entrepreneurs, nouveau riche Russian émigrés, corrupt federal cops and femme fatales, SOLD’s characters jump off the page. ***LONG-LISTED FOR MOVIE ADAPTATION BY SCREEN QUEENSLAND IN 2018***PRAISE FOR SOLD"Peppered with a smorgasbord of villains and a plot that never slackens, this is one to savor""A neatly executed work of comic grunge""Action packed and fast paced""Numerous storylines converge in a brilliantly constructed ending"Perfect for fans of gritty, fast-paced noir thrillers and vigilante justice novelsIf you enjoy the gripping prose of Irvine Welsh and James Ellroy, the absurd humor of Tom Sharpe and Joseph Heller, and the story-telling power of Elmore Leonard, you’re going to get a huge kick out of SOLD? WARNING: Contains liberal amounts of murder and mayhem. Those of a weak disposition, look away now.