Cutler

A high-stakes crime novel that exposes the lawless world of distant-water industrial fishing and a modern-day slave trade where power rests in the hands of a merciless few.

Paul Cutler is a former undercover operative, now working off the books for his handler, Malik Khalil. When Cutler is tasked with investigating the disappearance of an Australian marine scientist on a Taiwanese distant-water fishing vessel, he realises that the apparent murder he's investigating points to a slew of much darker crimes.

Onboard, Cutler discovers that the vessel's crew members are kept as slaves, subject to brutal punishment and forced to work long hours with little rest. And when he learns of the recent massacre of the crew of an Indonesian fishing vessel in the same waters, he realises his quest for the truth will be meaningless if he cannot escape with his life.

Based on real events, and years of research, this crime novel shines a light on the criminogenic nature of the distant-water fishing industry, and the human and environmental cost of its operations.