High Stakes — Peter Menadue

Volume 8 in the Bush Capital series. Washed-up political reporter Paul Ryder is a 40-something guy who needs adventure. When his lawyer girlfriend asks him to find and tell a man that he has inherited $9 million, he jumps at the chance. He can pretend to be a private eye without having to encounter nastiness or danger. However, he is soon neck-deep in trouble and discovers that Canberra is crazy.