Code 1990
The iron curtain has clanged down across post-war Europe, and the Red Army is entrenched in the very heart of Germany ...
Tyrannical communist rule based on state terror begins as the repressive regime launches a campaign of international espionage.
Working against all odds, British lieutenant Ben Fletcher goes undercover to level the score and gain vital nuclear intelligence for the West . Pursuing the same goal, ruthless Stalinist authorities are prepared to pull out all the stops to wreck his mission.
Decades later, Detective-Sergeant Lillian Boyd faces high stakes . A tragically unsolved roadside hit-and-run death spirals in to an urgent quest to expose an insidious nest of foreign spies , orchestrated by an ambitious spymaster. Their aim: an audacious coup against an unsuspecting prime minister.
The past may just hold the answers Lillian needs to thwart a conspiracy that threatens to change the balance of political power forever.
“A thrilling ride through espionage and murder that makes the heart race with each page… Excellent!”
'Code 1990': An edge-of-your seat political thriller.
“Political intrigue melded into the lives of ordinary people on alert for the biggest tyrannical upset in Australian politics. As a hit-and-run cold case crosses the desk of Detective-Sergeant Lillian Boyd, she pulls at the thread of the tiniest clue to lead to the killer. Thus she starts to unravel an undercover spy ring that has had plans in the pipeline for years to bring down the Australian way of life and insert a terror regime like no other. But will it be too late to stop the conspiracy?”
- Extract from review by Samantha Elley
'Samantha's Book Review', Northern Rivers Times January, 2025.