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Peter Menadue

Biography

Peter Menadue grew up in Canberra, Australia. After a foray into journalism, during which he shared an elevator with Rupert Murdoch, he studied law at Sydney University and Oxford University. For the last 22 years, he has worked as a barrister at the Sydney Bar. He also writes courtroom novels under the pen name "Mark Dryden".

Books

New Glory by
Price: Free! Words: 34,410. Language: American English. Published: January 1, 2024 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
SEQUEL TO LOST GLORY. The story that began with Lost Glory is brought to a triumphant conclusion in New Glory. Homicide detective Glen Tucker must search for memories deleted from his brain. They are the key to him toppling a dictatorship and finding true love. A fast-paced dystopian thriller.
High Stakes by
Price: Free! Words: 36,760. Language: Australian English. Published: December 17, 2023 . Categories: Fiction » Humor & comedy » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Volume 8 in the Bush Capital series. Washed-up political reporter Paul Ryder is a 40-something guy who needs adventure. When his lawyer girlfriend asks him to find and tell a man that he has inherited $9 million, he jumps at the chance. He can pretend to be a private eye without having to encounter nastiness or danger. However, he is soon neck-deep in trouble and discovers that Canberra is crazy.
Lost Glory by
Price: Free! Words: 36,200. Language: English. Published: May 11, 2023 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
The United States has become a dictatorship. Homicide detectives use memory auditing to catch murderers. The procedure seems foolproof. However, Homicide detective Glen Tucker suspects that someone is erasing incriminating memories to help killers escape justice. His investigation into the murder of another Homicide detective soon threatens the dictatorship and his own sanity.
Broken Land by
Price: Free! Words: 41,230. Language: American English. Published: July 23, 2022 . Categories: Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
THIRD BOOK IN THE WEBSTER CITY CHRONICLES. Carl Davidson and three companions flee the carcass of Webster City into the wasteland beyond. They must journey to safety across a brutal land where the past is more dangerous than the future. The third and last installment of the series that began with Webster City.
Wanted Man by
Price: Free! Words: 47,280. Language: Australian English. Published: November 24, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Third book in the Gary Maddox Series. When Sydney private investigator, Gary Maddox, is hired to recover a stolen painting, he plunges deep into the art world and finds himself battling crooks who are smooth, well-dressed and death in a chilled glass.
Fire Danger by
Price: Free! Words: 55,080. Language: English. Published: September 15, 2021 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
Volume 7 in the Bush Capital Series. Paul Ryder is still a pariah in political journalism and forced to ghost-write the memoirs of vapid sport stars. However, a chance encounter at a wedding puts him on the trail of a story that will shake federal politics to its core. Another fast-paced romp through the Canberra political scene and the inconsequential world beyond.
Freedom City by
Price: Free! Words: 47,340. Language: English. Published: November 19, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Adventure » General
SECOND BOOK IN THE WEBSTER CITY CHRONICLES. The Freedom Alliance has conquered Webster City, death stalks the streets and Carl Davidson expects to be executed at any time. However, the leader of the Freedom Alliance gives him a temporary reprieve and sends him on a dangerous mission to save mankind from extinction. A novel of high adventure set in a dystopian future
Floating Wreckage by
Price: Free! Words: 48,640. Language: Australian English. Published: September 12, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
Volume 6 in the Bush Capital Series. Ronin political reporter Paul Ryder travels north to tropical Queensland to attend the marriage of his hellish mother-in-law. He ends up in a sunny town with shady people. A close friend is murdered. Corruption bubbles to the surface. Bad guys want him dead. He’ll be lucky if he lives to see the next beautiful sunset.
Bad State by
Price: Free! Words: 53,340. Language: Australian English. Published: May 9, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
(5.00 from 1 review)
Vol 5 in the Bush Capital Series. Canberra political journalist Paul Ryder is unemployed again and forced to ghostwrite for sports stars. When a car bomb kills a Federal Senator, he jumps back into the game and chases glory. But will his by-line end up on a scoop or a tombstone? An Australian political thriller laced with laconic humour.
Hard Landing by
Price: Free! Words: 55,340. Language: Australian English. Published: April 5, 2017 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
Second book in the Gary Maddox Series: Sydney private investigator Gary Maddox is asked to find a missing accountant. He doesn't expect any trouble. After all, the guy is just an bean counter. But he's dead wrong. Powerful men have dispatched a posse of thugs to kill the ledger looker. Gary is soon counting bodies and trying not to become a ugly statistic.
Webster City by
Price: Free! Words: 53,700. Language: American English. Published: December 1, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
(5.00 from 1 review)
FIRST BOOK IN WEBSTER CITY CHRONICLES. Three hundred years after a global pandemic, Webster City is the last city left on Earth. Major Carl Davidson of the Internal Security Bureau investigates the suspicious death of a brilliant biochemist and discovers a dark plot to wipe out the last of mankind. A post-apocalyptic thriller.
Overdue Item by
Price: Free! Words: 56,550. Language: Australian English. Published: April 26, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
(4.25 from 4 reviews)
Julia Schmidt reckons the suburban library where she works is the most boring place on earth. When a hobo dies in an armchair, everyone thinks he died of natural causes. They are wrong and Julia is soon playing cat-and-mouse with a killer while trying to recover a priceless library book. An Australian comic crime novel with an endearing amateur sleuth.
Inside Out by
Price: Free! Words: 36,130. Language: Australian English. Published: March 27, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller, Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
Ex-bouncer Dave Bennett is released from prison, determined to go reasonably straight. A drug boss forces him to search for his run-away daughter. Bullets start flying and Dave discovers that life outside is a lot more dangerous than it was inside. A comic Australian crime novel with big twists.
Not Dead Yet by
Price: Free! Words: 56,720. Language: Australian English. Published: February 2, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled
(4.60 from 5 reviews)
The first book in the Gary Maddox Series: Sydney private investigator Gary Maddox scratches out a living doing personal injuries surveillance. A mother asks him to find out who killed her drug-dealing son. The son deserved to die. But the mother deserves justice and offers Gary a lot of money. Soon he's battling drug dealers, corrupt cops, hit-men and thugs. He's well armed and not dead yet.
Big Dirt by
Price: Free! Words: 67,590. Language: English. Published: December 9, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Humor & comedy » Black comedy
(5.00 from 1 review)
Vol 4 in Bush Capital Series. With his career in political journalism a smoking ruin, Paul Ryder becomes a ghost-writer. A legendary West Australian mining tycoon hires him to pen his autobiography. All Paul has to do is write a lot of lies and bank a fat cheque. However, he stumbles upon a dark family secret, gets mixed up in murder, is targeted by Chinese spies and has to flee for his life.
Spiked by
Price: Free! Words: 65,600. Language: Australian English. Published: March 7, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
Volume 3 in the Bush Capital Series. Canberra political correspondent Paul Ryder is chasing a story that will blow the doors off a federal election campaign. Trained killers, spies, hardened political operators and his mother-in-law desperately try to stop him. However, maybe this time fame and fortune will land in his lap.
Paper Man by
Price: Free! Words: 58,210. Language: Australian English. Published: March 7, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
Volume 2 of the Bush Capital Series. A Cabinet Minister is murdered and Parliament House is in uproar. Newshound Paul Ryder investigates and finds himself in a dark world where his press pass won't protect him. Will he get the scoop of a lifetime? Will he bed a sexy TV reporter? Or will his byline end up on a tombstone? A fast-paced comic thriller set in Canberra, Australia.
Crooked House by
Price: Free! Words: 65,000. Language: Australian English. Published: March 6, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
(4.75 from 8 reviews)
Volume 1 in the Bush Capital Series. Canberra political reporter Paul Ryder gets the sack again, this time for sleeping with the wrong woman. He’s forced to become the national political correspondent for a tiny Tasmanian paper with a dwindling circulation. Only a huge story will save his career. Too bad he lives in the world’s most boring city. All seems lost, until murder comes to town...

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