The Beacon

Jack Harris, the son of a newspaper magnate, has been exiled to Byron Bay to work on the local newspaper, The Beacon. Shortly after his arrival Patrick O'Shaughnessy, the editor of the newspaper, disappears while surfing and first reports are that he was taken by a shark. The local police are prepared to believe this story but Jack becomes convinced that the shark attack was staged and he and Patrick's daughter, Caitlin, join forces to discover the truth.

Byron Bay has more than its fair share of anti-vaxers, opposers to 5G and other conspiracy theorists who had objected to articles opposing their views appearing in the local press. The main window of the newspaper office was regularly smashed with a brick. Caitlin was certain that her father was working on big story that would shock the local community. If they could find the files they may also find who had killed her father.

In The Beacon P. A. Thomas has written a fast moving, often humorous, crime novel involving  an array of often unusual characters. It soon becomes obvious that corruption abounding in the present and the past is the cause of the latest crime. Jack, Caitlin, Zoe and Ricky need to work quickly to solve the case before more innocent people become implicated.