Great Barrier Grief

<p>Gary Delaney is my kind of man. - Anita Hardone adult entertainer</p><p></p><p>In this gripping follow-up to Marty Shevelove's first book <em>Too Hard Wrong Spot</em> veteran sports journalist and racehorse owner Gary Delaney is faced with a dilemma: regroup and look for work in Melbourne or make a fresh start in another city - preferably one with palm trees warm sunshine and lovelies sunning themselves by the pool.</p><p></p><p>He chooses the latter.</p><p></p><p>While ex-cons Johnny Pastrami and Frankie Fingers Tannenbaum pull off a massive betting plunge Delaney hits it off with one of his new neighbours but falls for a stunning financial advisor who promptly separates him from his life savings and disappears.</p><p></p><p>Can Delaney track her down and recover his lost loot or is he doomed to spend the rest of his days dancing for gold coins on the Cairns Esplanade?</p>