Tim Ayliffe goes full throttle in Killer Traitor Spy, which sees journalist John Bailey and CIA officer Ronnie Johnson facing up against a deadly cabal, and a conspiracy with global implications. It begins with the attempted murder of a Russian millionaire in Sydney, then bolts from scene to scene, catapulting between the perspectives of Bailey and Johnson, … Continue reading Review: Killer Traitor Spy by Tim Ayliffe

Tim Ayliffe is one of Australian crime fiction’s most reliable entertainers, and “The Enemy Within” is another sure-footed mystery starring investigative journalist John Bailey. It begins in medias res, with a body falling from the sky and crashing to the pavement right in front of Bailey’s eyes. Sickened by the sight, but having witnessed worse … Continue reading Review: The Enemy Within by Tim Ayiffe

A clever plot, full of twists, which takes us deep into a corrupt world. The city of Sydney is as much the main character of Tim Ayliffe's debut crime novel as veteran newspaper journalist John Bailey. Not since Jon Cleary's Scobie Malone and Peter Corris's Cliff Hardy has a crime novelist dared to explore and … Continue reading Review: The Greater Good by Tim Ayliffe