First of three action thrillers

AUTHOR: Terence J. Quinn PUBLISHER: Simon and Schuster RRP: $29.99

THE SCOOP is the first of three action-packed thrillers featuring Australian journalist Jonno Bligh and a storyline that crisscrosses between Sydney, London, LA and South East Asia.

And who better to write it than an ex-international newspaper journalist, editor and publisher, Terence J Quinn.

The fates of three strangers collide in a deadly game of cat and mouse.

Journalist Jonno Bligh is flying high with a bestselling book and an Oscar for Best Screenplay. But along with the accolades he picks up a cocaine habit and a bad dose of writers’ block.

Under pressure to deliver his next blockbuster, Jonno sails to the Indian Ocean in his beloved yacht The Scoop

Jon B. When a violent storm cripples the boat he takes refuge on a beautiful remote island, where he vows to get clean.

Little does he know that the murderous gangster BangBang Budiman uses the island to hide the spoils of his shipping heists in the notorious Malaccan Strait.

Jonno watches in horror as BangBang and his crewmen brutalise two women on the beach before leaving them to die. He manages to rescue Annie Greenwood, whose husband has already been murdered.

Together they flee the island with the stolen loot, relentlessly pursued by the vengeful BangBang.

As the killer hunts them down in the treacherous waters of South East Asia, Jonno and Annie are forced to come to terms with their own destructive demons – and a discovery that will change their lives forever.

Critics describe The Scoop as a riveting tale of crime on the high seas, tense and gripping.