Windy Mountain Series

Two old blokes break a silly law to prove the Tasmanian Tiger still exists, despite its status as extinct. This law has made Windy Mountain a one-dog town, and the two old scallywags want to punish the stuck-up former mayor for coming up with the plan. "Great characters. Great fun. Hilarious blend of characters and lies." The former mayor, an octogenarian himself, has invested the other old men's life savings in volatile gold-mining shares without their knowledge. Even worse, he's also secretly invited a 92-year-old Irish priest to join their last-man-standing lottery – and Father O'Boring has a track record of not dying. This is the first in a seven-book series based on the island of Tasmania at the bottom of Australia. The whimsical adventures continue with Blokes on a Plane, Whitey and the Six Dwarfs, Blokes in Donegal, Blokes in the House, Who Knew Tasmanian Tigers Eat Apples!, and Who Knew Tiger Sharks Also Eat Apples? Three more books are on the drawing board.   Order your copy of Lie of the Tiger now and start laughing along to the Windy Mountain series. Caught in the middle is a new arrival who has some townsfolk fearful because he looks a lot like the man-mountain who once tied the same unpleasant mayor to a tree for a night of terror. The familiar stranger reluctantly takes charge of the Windy Mountain Tasmanian Tiger Museum, owned by a dodgy syndicate with other plans for the site. When the devious manager sets him up to fail, the two old blokes rescue him with their plan to revive the believed extinct Tasmanian Tiger. The former mayor ridicules anyone who thinks the Tasmanian Tiger still roams the bush – and especially not in the main street of Windy Mountain.

Two octogenarians are supposed to be planning a trip to research family history. How come they become sleuths when the uppity former mayor disappears?   They don't even like James Northan, who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and now reckons he's a descendant of William Shakespeare.   "We're only doing what we'd hope he'd do for us," Oodles says when they first suspect he's sick or injured and lying helpless in his luxury home. "You don't really think he'd give a toss about us?" Wish-Wash says. Things go from bad to worse in this black comedy when notable local landmarks start vanishing. Demolition men try to dismantle the old men's beloved Tasmanian Tiger Museum. Oodles and Wish-Wash read in the local newspaper that they both died in a fiery car crash. It's obviously fake news but is nevertheless still very concerning at their advanced ages. Has the former mayor drowned himself in the stinky sewerage ponds or has he been kidnapped by the unsavoury newcomer to town everyone calls Messerschmitt? Enter the cow camouflage trousers, walkie-talkies and a young American who joins them on their mission to rescue Jimbo. Blokes on a Plane is the second novel in the Windy Mountain series. It is the follow-up book to Lie of the Tiger but you don't need to have read it to laugh along at this one. Whitey and the Six Dwarfs, Blokes in Donegal, Blokes in the House, Who Knew Tasmanian Tigers Eat Apples! and Who Knew Tiger Sharks also eat Apples? await with many of the same quirky characters.

When a garden ornament goes missing, the new owners of the Windy Mountain Tasmanian Tiger Museum are faced with an escalating puzzle. The clues include a skeleton, a chess set, a concrete marsupial with a secret pouch, and the arrival in town of some unsavoury characters. Oodles, Wish-Wash and The Mayor have gone to Ireland to research family history, and have washed their hands of the museum. But they are still in email contact with the new owners – Moose, Joffa and Katy. Fat lot of good that is! Whitey and the Six Dwarfs is book 3 of the funny Windy Mountain series. Each book has its own story. ​But if you like this one, Blokes in Donegal (book 4), Blokes in the House (book 5), Who Knew Tasmanian Tigers eat Apples (book 6) and Who Knew Tiger Sharks also eat Apples (Book 7) await with some of the same quirky, but endearing characters.

Three old men get more than they bargained for when they fly to Ireland, expecting to trace family history and inherit a castle. St Patrick might have been so busy chasing snakes out of the Emerald Isle that he overlooked banishing Tasmanian Tigers from Donegal. This might explain how one ends up under the kitchen sink in Book 4 of the Windy Mountain series of novels.

It's 2020. The former mayor thinks the world has gone soft with all this talk about a global pandemic – so he's furious when he's forced to go into lockdown. What's even worse is that he has to share a small weatherboard house with two less well-off octogenarians for three months. He isn't on speaking terms with either man and they're well below his social station. One used to be the town drunk, for goodness sake! James Northan has to submit to a future of face masks, hand sanitisers and a life of much less luxury than he is used to. He does get his own back on the two buffoons but he doesn't realise they have some nasty tricks up their sleeves too. Blokes in the House is a gateway novel into the funny Windy Mountain series. It's a black comedy born from the blackest of times. If you like your books soaked in laughter, with a dash of mystery and intrigue, and with a liberal dose of quirky characters, you won't want to miss it. Who knew that Tasmanian Tigers and hitmen were going into lockdown with the old men? Get it now!    

No one believed the town drunk when he claimed an extinct animal had awakened him in a bus shelter. Now he is leading a community revolt! This story goes back to the beginning of the funny Windy Mountain series. So although it's Book 6, feel free to climb aboard here and go back to see how the series unwinds. Who Knew Tasmanian Tigers Eat Apples is set in the 1990s. Although that isn't long ago, it was a very different world in rural Tasmania. See revenge dealt up by someone who doesn't really want to deal it. The plot takes some quirky detours and you'll meet some quirky folk who you'll recognise from elsewhere in the series. Don't miss out on the laughter, mischief, and unexpected twists.

This is a festive season mystery with a funny twist. For a start, there's no snow. But there is a Tiger Shark. The shark turns up in a land-locked town better known for implausible Tasmanian Tiger sightings than for appearances from monsters of the deep. The novel is based on an island near the bottom of the world – the Australian state of Tasmania The story turns the tables on a very unpopular former mayor in the town of Windy Mountain. This uppity senior citizen is secretly behind a plan to demolish a much-loved Art Deco cafe on the eve of Christmas so that a lucrative tower block can be built in the heart of the town. ​But while he thinks he is getting one over the townsfolk, a figure from his past returns to get revenge on him in an elaborate sting with sharp teeth.