Galaxy Motel (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780648529941)

When the World turns against you. Who can YOU call?

Dial the trio from the Firefly Electrics Co!

Meet the electricians who re-wire Society today in this series of bestselling crime thrillers with a dark comedy twist.

Dark angels, dangerous subversives, lovely young men. Lennie and Joe, abetted by their sharp-tongued companion, Rawcus the cockatoo, have heard it all.

Suburban electricians by day, they fight crime in the shadows of the city; crime the Establishment can't touch - or is part of.

Now they're wanted for Crimes against Crime.

Lennie calls it re-wiring Society. Joe reckons they're simply fixing bad people. Rawcus, who grew up in a pub, just wants a cold beer after a hard day on the power grid...

...In Galaxy Motel, the team is haunted by underworld rumours that have linked them to a fortune in cash, belonging to terrorists, which fell onto a city wharf during a cargo-loading accident.

When visitors carrying unusual tools knock on their front door, the trio needs to dance fast to avoid losing life or limb. They enlist the help of a blow-up doll named Mavis, a homemade electric chair, and the Galaxy Motel.

Meanwhile, their childhood friend, Pauline Gerrity, needs assistance to deal with a professional man who has a keen eye for underage girls who reside at Pauline's refuge for abused mothers and their children. They've dubbed the man Mr Teflon for good reason: he's a police force insider with a degree in psychology. Could a fantastic trip to a beach house help to rewire Mr T's soul and make the world safer?

One thing's for sure, Lennie, Joe, and Rawcus keep learning that the best-laid plans of cockatoos and men often go awry.

"Crime suspense master Mark Furness finished publishing his trilogy of offbeat comic-noir novels with the little cracker 'Galaxy Motel'...I just love this series. Reckon Mark has found his metier." Tom Flood, Winner of the Miles Franklin Award, Australia's equivalent of the US Pulitzer Prize for fiction and the UK Booker Prize.

"Redolent of Lord Of The Flies and Of Mice And Men...A post-Zen Batman and Robin...Lennie and Joe, and their pet, Rawcus, configure a doctorate in elegant, fair-minded Gonzo retribution of the order of Pulp Fiction..." Clare Allan-Kamil, Writers Victoria.

"I have been reading crime fiction from bestsellers to hidden gems for many years and I have never...NEVER read anything as imaginative and humorous in such a uniquely Australian larrikin voice as Mark Furness' work." Mark Droic, Goodreads.