A missing teenager, drugs, yachts, the sex trade, and a cold trail
that leads from Sydney to Norfolk Island, Byron Bay, and Coolangatta.
Will one man's loss be Hardy's gain?
"I'd read about it in the papers, heard the radio reports, and seen the
TV coverage and then forgotten about it, the way you do with news
stories."
The police suspect the father, Gerard Fonteyn OA, a wealthy businessman.
But he's hired Cliff to find his daughter, given him unlimited expenses,
and posted a $250,000 reward for information.
Finally there's a break--an unconfirmed sighting of Juliana Fonteyn,
alive and well. But as usual, nothing is straightforward. Various other
players are in the game--and Cliff doesn't know the rules, or even what
the game might be. He's determined to find out, and as the bodies mount
up the danger to himself and to Juliana increases.