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Roll With It

Roll With It

Author(s): Nick Place

Location(s): Melbourne

Genre(s): Crime

Era(s): Modern

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Real cops don’t wear lycra. At least that’s what Major Crime cop Tony Laver thought, until he became the sixth Victorian policeman to shoot a suspect in four months and was given a punishing reassignment. Now he’s looking at the mean streets of Melbourne from a whole different perspective – a bicycle seat – and spotting some bad guys along the way. Already on the nose in the Force, with his relationship on the rocks and now nursing a saddle-sore butt, ‘Rocket’ Laver might just have to take matters into his own hands.

Add a nerdy supermarket assistant manager in a bad reggae beanie, a hippy chick who isn’t all she seems, neo-Nazi-esque police rookies and a human koala and you’ve got what it takes for an action-packed farce on two wheels.

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“This novel is a great homage to Melbourne – the busy streets and laneways that connect them, the ever-changing weather, the coffee shops and the mix of people that make up the city.” (Fairfield...

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