Unblessed

Jane Halifax will need all her forensic experience to unlock the secrets of one of the world’s most formidable minds: a Silicon Valley billionaire whose ex-business partner has just been murdered … A thrilling journey into the dark places where genius, money and murder meet.

It’s been ten years since Jane was in New York, but within hours of arriving in the city for a well-earned break and to catch up with her step-daughter Zoe, she’s dragged into a case … and finds herself up against one of the toughest minds she’s ever had to crack.

Sarah Noble is the darling of the tech world – the genius behind an AI defence system that hijacks enemy missiles and turns them against those who launched them. But when Sarah’s estranged business partner is killed in a mysterious plane crash, suspicion immediately falls on one of the few people who could hack the plane’s guidance system and had a motive to do so: Sarah herself. Brilliant, ruthless, erratic, addicted – but is she a murderer?

Against her better judgement, Jane Halifax agrees to profile Sarah – and is immediately sucked into a world beyond her control, where money is no object, murder a tool of trade and the stakes go straight to the heart of the United States itself.
 
The latest unputdownable Jane Halifax thriller takes us deep into the smartest – and deadliest – places in the world: where Silicon Valley and the US defence industry combine, billions of dollars are made, and souls are for sale.

About the Author

Roger Simpson is one of Australia’s leading writers and producers. He has created seventeen series for television including the highly acclaimed telemovie series Halifax f.p. (1994–2001) and its sequel Halifax: Retribution (2020), the cult series Good Guys, Bad Guys (1996–1998), the police drama Stingers (which ran for eight seasons until 2004), the much-loved rural serial Something In the Air (2000–2002), the teenage sci-fi sensation Silver Sun (2004–2005) and the top-rating streaming series Satisfaction (2007–2010). Roger is the winner of twelve awards for writing including nine Australian Writers Guild AWGIE Awards as well as numerous awards as a producer. He is currently completing the stage play, The Trial Of Paul Gauguin, which was long listed for the National Playwrights Conference in 2016 by the Eugene O’Neill Theater. He is the author of Transgression and Resurrection.