Exhibit A
A city under pressure.
Smoke shop owners face intimidation, extortion and a growing underworld presence across Melbourne’s suburbs.
01The Case
When a body is found in a North Fitzroy storage facility, Detective Sergeant Folks and Senior Detective Kennedy uncover a network built on illicit cigarettes, intimidation and silence.
03The Book
A contemporary Australian crime procedural, set in the inner suburbs of Melbourne.
It begins with a body in a North Fitzroy storage facility. Detective Sergeant Folks and his partner Senior Detective Kennedy lead a taskforce into an organised-crime network: cheap cigarette importation, the extortion of smoke shop owners, and a human-trafficking operation overseen by Travis Doyle.
Follow the determined chase, the clever interviews and the patient police work it takes to bring a careful man to account.
Follow the Investigation
Door knocks meet closed faces. Shop owners stop talking. Somewhere in Melbourne, someone is making sure they never start.
02Beneath the Surface
Behind the roller shutters of Melbourne’s suburbs, an underground trade is growing. Every lead the detectives follow goes deeper.
Exhibit A
Smoke shop owners face intimidation, extortion and a growing underworld presence across Melbourne’s suburbs.
Exhibit B
A cheap cigarette importation operation leads investigators deeper into a network of organised crime.
From the Pages
Fear. It reeks so badly, you can smell it.
I’m always respectful. I just do not smile while I do it.
Silence forces paranoid interpretations.
And systems do not commit crimes.