He is known for his Jack Irish books, a former solicitor who walks on the dark side when not following horse racing and Australian Rules Football. Most of his books are Australian settings, but In the Evil Day is an international drama that spans South Africa, Germany, America, England and Wales. Con Niemand is an ex-mercenary earning a living by providing security for wealthy South Africans in a country gripped by lawlessness. The sole survivor of a job gone wrong, Niemand comes into possession of a video showing American soldiers in an African village and soon he's contacted by the tape's owners in London. Thinking he'll be well-rewarded for returning the tape, he boards the next flight out of South Africa and becomes the target of a deadly manhunt. In Hamburg, Germany, John Anselm, a former journalist, is trying too get his life back together after being kidnapped in Beirut. He works for a shady but sophisticated electronic-surveillance agency whose clients require information on everything from spouses' activities to industrial espionage. Unaware of Niemand's situation and that they share dangerous knowledge, Anselm is employed to track the ex-mercenary's movements, until a series of violent events lead to their meeting.
