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"Strap your helmet on, because The Cumal Files is a wild ride you won't soon forget...It is fast-paced and filled with characters that are a joy to spend time with." BestThrillers.com Forty teenage girls have disappeared from Sydney's streets without a trace, feared abducted, and the whole city is on edge. Disgruntled police investigator Dan Porter is one of few who seems to care, and after a brutal murder the killers dare him to hunt them down. When more victims are located in the United States, Europe and Asia, Porter realizes an organized crime syndicate is responsible, one driven by white supremacy ideals and aided by large scale corruption. He's joined by Lionel Roberts, a human-rights lawyer determined to expose government neglect, and they form the 'Carinya' investigation. A mysterious informant directs them to Crooked River, a hot and dusty outback town, and says clues from the past might solve crimes of the present. The Carinya team receive a hostile reception and their questions are answered with violent threats. What are the locals and powerful members of the elite so desperate to hide?When Carinya probes deeper into the town's history the crimes uncovered are more sinister than imagined. But to identify those responsible and rescue missing girls before more turn up dead they must recover historical documents that will reveal a nation's darkest secret. Documents contained within The Cumal Files. An earlier version of this story was released as Big White Lies.

Police investigator Dan Porter returns in ORIENTAL ILLUSIONS, a suspenseful crime-fiction thriller set in Southeast Asia, the riveting sequel to James Keegan's bestselling debut, THE CUMAL FILES.IN THE MYSTERIOUS ORIENT, NOTHING AND NO-ONE ARE AS THEY SEEM...Disillusioned with his State Police career after dismantling a global sex-slave network with the Dragon Slayer taskforce, Dan Porter joins the newly-formed Interpol unit in Sydney. When multiple young backpackers vanish from Southeast Asia he's sent to Bangkok and entrusted with the difficult task of finding them.He joins the 'Lost Angels' investigation team and it's obvious from the start both Thailand's government and its suspicious elite don't want him there. Frustrated by police bosses and politicians who refuse to acknowledge something sinister is afoot, Porter fears an untouchable crime syndicate is responsible for the disappearances.He searches Bangkok's seedy underbelly for clues, in constant danger and hampered by endemic corruption. Apathy and archaic investigative methods are dismissed as misunderstandings and cultural differences. The city both intrigues and disgusts him at the same time. He's mesmerized by his partner, a true oriental beauty, but has no idea if he can trust her or anyone else. Porter delves deeper to uncover evidence linking several Thailand-based entities to human-trafficking. Religious charities, NGO's, Russian internal security agents, Cambodian gangsters, Arab drug dealers and Korean loan-sharks become targets. All have secrets to hide and plenty of reasons to want him dead. When he pursues powerful men suspected of leading a criminal network operating between Southeast Asia and Los Angeles, his loved-ones both near and far are threatened. Angry and more determined than ever he ignores the warnings and pushes on, desperate to locate the missing backpackers and expose the predators who profit from trading innocent lives. But if Porter's to succeed he must first learn to separate fact from illusion. Because in the mysterious orient, nothing and no-one are as they seem...