UNDERTOW
By Sydney Bauer
USA Release.
A girl is dead…and not just any girl.
Christina Haynes is the teenage daughter of a popular US Senator, and when she drowns moments after a conversation at sea with her best friend’s mother, Boston Lawyer David Cavanaugh faces his toughest case to date.
What appears to be a straightforward, tragic accident in the waters off Cape Ann Massachusetts, turns into something else entirely as Rayna Martin, a respected African-American attorney, is charged with her murder.
With the victim’s father one of the most powerful politicians in the country and the Assistant District Attorney prepared to put his personal ambition ahead of legal justice, David soon discovers that his most dangerous battle is taking place outside the court room.
Lies, deception, blackmail, threats…and finally the precision of an assassin’s bullet combine to create a shocking finale in this exciting debut from Australian author Sydney Bauer.
ALIBI
By Sydney Bauer
"There she lay, her neck placed at a devilish angle on the Death Stone which
acted like a pillow."
Jessica Nagoshi, the beautiful heiress to her father’s billion dollar empire, is being groomed, along with her brother Peter, to take control of Nagoshi Inc. That is, until she is brutally murdered in the greenhouse of her father’s extensive Wellesley estate.
Jessica was in her third year pre-law at the prestigious Deane University and the police enter the hallowed halls of the most expensive college in America to begin their investigation.
Boston criminal defence attorney David Cavanaugh is thrust into this high-society case when James Matheson, a wealthy, connected but unaffected law student is arrested for Jessica’s murder. For in James he sees traces of his younger self – Matheson is dedicated, ambitious, but still idealistic enough to believe that justice will always prevail.
From the outset David is hampered by unspoken alliances, corporate malpractice, love, lust and a disastrous misplace of trust that will leave his case in tatters.
But in the end, nothing can prepare him for the truth – and the diabolical lengths some will go to, to preserve their life of privilege.
GOSPEL
By Sydney Bauer
The second David Cavanaugh novel - available NOW!
'In GOSPEL, Bauer hurtles readers into a world of intrigue and
terror - it stays with you long after you turn the final page.'
David Baldacci
US Vice President Tom Bradshaw is the perfect candidate, a presidential “sure thing”. This, despite the unfortunate mistake made in his youth…a transgression he turned into triumph. But when the future President is found dead in the penthouse of Boston’s finest hotel, the American people want answers and his administration need a scapegoat.
It has been ten years since Boston attorney David Cavanaugh has spoken to his ex-wife Karin, and twelve years since she left him for another man…a man of power and influence. Now, she has called to ask the impossible. She wants him to represent her husband in the case of the century; the charge – murder, the victim - the Vice President of the United States.
Now Cavanaugh faces the toughest decision of his career, a decision he knows will ultimately see him face off with his past and carve out his future. What he does not realize is that Tom Bradshaw’s death is not what it seems. Three more are dead and his enemies will stop at nothing to protect their secret and consolidate their power…for they are an unbreakable band of four, and their word is ‘Gospel’.
Some reviews of GOSPEL:
Bauer hurtles readers into a world of intrigue and terror - it stays with you long after you turn the final page.
David Baldacci
Sydney Bauer is a highly talented and supremely confident writer in a genre lacking new ideas. Australian Publisher and Bookseller
GOSPEL is a slick, American legal thriller which, like TV’s The West Wing, is based on the fantasy that the good guys always win.
Sydney Morning Herald
A rattling good legal thriller.
Australian Women’s Weekly
Hit! Author Sydney Bauer proves she is no one-hit wonder with the buzz around her second novel, GOSPEL confirming it as a definite ‘must read’.
Sydney Sun Herald.
GOSPEL ‘s twists and turns are guaranteed to keep readers well and truly hooked. This one snapped me up and swallowed me whole.
Book Review News
To anyone who likes the early John Grisham books and particularly the legal genre, I can highly recommend this book as the best legal fiction I have read this year.
Dymocks Australia
GOSPEL is a unique and fresh legal thriller – with an ending to die for.
Crime Down Under.
UNDERTOW
By Sydney Bauer
Now available in paperback.
A girl is dead…and not just any girl.
Christina Haynes is the teenage daughter of a popular US Senator, and when she drowns moments after a conversation at sea with her best friend’s mother, Boston Lawyer David Cavanaugh faces his toughest case to date.
What appears to be a straightforward, tragic accident in the waters off Cape Ann Massachusetts, turns into something else entirely as Rayna Martin, a respected African-American attorney, is charged with her murder.
With the victim’s father one of the most powerful politicians in the country and the Assistant District Attorney prepared to put his personal ambition ahead of legal justice, David soon discovers that his most dangerous battle is taking place outside the court room.
Lies, deception, blackmail, threats…and finally the precision of an assassin’s bullet combine to create a shocking finale in this exciting debut from Australian author Sydney Bauer.
Some reviews of UNDERTOW:
Compelling from start to finish, this fast-paced thriller combines engaging
characters, sharp dialogue, and a plot so gripping that the pages seem to
turn themselves. A handsome job.
Richard North Patterson.
Terrific legal suspense – a great debut.
Lee Child
UNDERTOW is an impressive debut. Written with urgency… The climaxes
and about turns and surprises just keep coming until the final showdown…
Watch out Grisham.
The Sydney Morning Herald
UNDERTOW is all handled with dexterity and no little style...her locations
have the right sense of place, her plotting is economical and concise…Bauer
is credibly packaged.
The Australian
Australian author Sydney Bauer has done a Grisham, producing a fast-paced
and suspenseful legal thriller.
The Melbourne Age
Bauer’s eye for detail never lets her down. Her obviously thorough
research is carefully integrated and never just for effect. The back cover
quote from Lee Child, ‘Terrific legal suspense – a great debut’,
is thoroughly deserved.’
Bookseller and Publisher Magazine
UNDERTOW is a stunning legal thriller. From the opening page to the last
it is a deeply involving story that represents the epitome of the good little
guy versus the bad big guy.
Epinions Literary Reviews Australia.
Sydney Bauer has hit the crime scene in fine style with a legal thriller
that is confronting, touching on relevant and controversial issues with
absolute confidence. This is the kind of story that legal thriller fans
everywhere would eat up with a spoon and then go looking for more.
Australian Crime Writers Association.
A creditable, enthralling legal suspense drama following firmly in the
footsteps of Grisham and Patterson.
Good Reading Magazine
One of the most accomplished Australian crime novels to date. It’s
got it all – class, gender politics and powerful prose. Look out John
Grisham, there’s a new sheriff in town.
Sisters in Crime Australia