Detective Sergeant Philip ‘Cato’ Kwong is light on sleep but high on happiness with his new wife Sharon Wang and their baby girl. But contentment is not compatible with life in the Job, and soon a series of murders of Fremantle’s homeless people gets in the way of Cato’s newfound bliss. As New Wave journalist Norman Lip flirts online with the killer, it becomes apparent that these murders are personal – every death is bringing the killer one step closer to Cato.

‘The best Cato ever.’ PETA SEMMENS, BAREFOOT BOOKS

‘If you like your punchy police procedurals set west of the usual Australian crime, then Alan Carter is your man … [Cato’s] perfect life comes under threat in more ways than one in this wry, rollicking thriller.’ READINGS