βDark and twisted, this addictive thriller will keep you guessing right up until the final chapter. Loved it!β β Rebecca Gibney, star of Halifax f.p.
Based on Australiaβs hugely popular Halifax f.p. television series, Roger Simpson brings Dr. Jane Halifax to life once again in this tense and twisted thriller that has her racing to catch one of the most dangerous serial killers sheβs ever encountered.
Jane, an experienced and talented criminal profiler, is approached by former colleagueβand former loverβInspector Eric Ringer to help solve a brutally violent murder. The victim, a billionaire mogul and art collector, was found oddly arranged and impaled on a priceless statue featured prominently in the large estateβs foyer. The perpetrator left nothing behind, and the scene gives no clues as to who might have committed such a cruel and strangely ritualistic act.
Jane is hesitant to get involved with this complex caseβand the charismatic inspector thatβs leading the hunt. But something deeply sinister about this killer keeps pulling her back in. And as the bodies start to stack up, each murder more violent than the last, Janeβs skills are put to the test as she works to uncover the killerβs intentionsβbefore they strike again.
Roger Simpson is one of Australiaβs leading writers and producers. He has created seventeen series for television including the highly acclaimed telemovie series Halifax f.p. (1994β2001) and its sequel Halifax: Retribution (2020), the cult series Good Guys, Bad Guys (1996β1998), the police drama Stingers (which ran for eight seasons until 2004), the much-loved rural serial Something In the Air (2000β2002), the teenage sci-fi sensation Silver Sun (2004β2005) and the top-rating streaming series Satisfaction (2007β2010). Roger is the winner of twelve awards for writing including nine Australian Writers Guild AWGIE Awards as well as numerous awards as a producer. He is currently completing the stage play, The Trial Of Paul Gauguin, which was long listed for the National Playwrights Conference in 2016 by the Eugene OβNeill Theater. HALIFAX: Transgression is his first book.