Hidden Arrangements

By David Hardham

An urgent requirement to implement a new computer system for a State Government Department leads Mike Broadhurst to discover possible corruption and criminal activities within the Department. An extremely tight deadline means that Mike cannot do all the searching for this information himself, so with the assistance of Harriet, they delve into the murky waters of unions and senior ministerial officials.

• Language: English
• Publisher: David Hardham
• Release date: Jun 11, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310184680

David Hardham

David Hardham was born and raised in Melbourne and has worked in the IT industry all his working life including stints in London, Singapore and South Africa. He has travelled extensively, both within Australia as well as many European and Asian countries. In his early twenties, David crossed the entire African continent by road from North to South.

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THE FINDER

HIDDEN ARRANGEMENTS

By

David Hardham

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PUBLISHED BY:

David Hardham on Smashwords

The Finder Series

Hidden Arrangements

Copyright 2015 by David Hardham

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All characters and events in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. The characters are productions of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously.

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Acknowledgements

Please note that I use Australian spelling throughout. You will see doubled letters (e.g. focussed), ou’s (e.g. colour) and ‘re’ (centre) as well as a few other differences from American spelling.

This is sixth episode in The Finder series with Harriet Morton who is skilfully adept at finding people and artefacts.

I thank those who have supported and encouraged me in continuing my endeavours as an author especially to Deb who has had to contend with my time spent engrossed in these works.

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THE FINDER SERIES

HIDDEN ARRANGEMENTS

Chapter 1

As he walked along the city street, Mike felt nervous. It had been over five years since he had been for a job interview and although he was confident that he knew all the technical aspects, he wasn’t sure how he would present to those interviewing him and if he could answer all the questions he was sure to be asked. It was for a Government Department and he had never worked in the Public Sector arena before.

Still, if he blew it, it wouldn’t be the end of the world. In truth, he didn’t need to work from a financial aspect but he wanted to work, that was the key point. It had been five months since his wife Christina had passed away, finally succumbing to cancer that had been eating away at her for two years. He had stopped working a month before she had died so that he could be by her side and to comfort her during those last days.

There had been several offers of work, all in a contract position, the same as this one was, but he had not been mentally ready.