Five Ring Circus Cleary, Jon

Sydney, 1999. The Olympics are coming, the city's a construction site, and Detective-Inspector Scobie Malone is trying to keep his head down. Then the head of the Olympic Organizing Committee is murdered in his own home, and suddenly Malone's knee-deep in corporate corruption, political backstabbing, and a killer who knows how to work a crowd. Jon Cleary's long-running Sydney cop navigates the chaos with his trademark wit and weary pragmatism, peeling back the glittering facade of the Games to expose the money, egos, and secrets underneath. The pressure's on, the world's watching, and Malone just wants to solve the case before the opening ceremony. Perfect for fans of procedural mysteries with bite, or anyone who's ever suspected the Olympics are more circus than sport.