Suspended lawyer turned PI, Clay Tempero, is doing it hard in Sydney and he's over snooping on adulterers and living in cramped conditions. Then an old mate asks for his help in defending a wannabe pop star charged with murdering her son, though the boy's body has never been found. But it's not long before he finds the client dead in her own home. It seems the case is over until, Helena Carter, the ambitious politician bankrolling the defence, persuades Clay to find the missing boy - dead or alive. But what's her real motive? For Clay, the case feels too close to home and he's required to confront his past then deal with a client who has her own dark secrets she wants kept out of the light. Fast moving, taut, darkly humorous and rich in memorable characters, Deceit is a must-read for Mark McGinn fans.