Bobby Parsons is a typical boy growing up in London in the 1950's. His life changes when his father is imprisoned for fraud and Bobby and his mother and sister have to move home and school. The family become involved with a shady character on the fringe of the criminal world who offer Bobby the opportunity of getting even for his fathers plight. This takes Bobby into the London underworld where he becomes known as The Persuader.

Sam Tucker has spent his life in the army. He was involved in the first Iraq war where he was decorated. He was court marshaled as a result of an incident when returning to Iraq in the second conflict and after a prison sentence, was dishonorably discharged. With no experience except the army he joined an organization run by a Russian ex- KGB officer who assonated people for a fee. As successful as Sam was, he came to the attention of Interpol and Scotland Yard's special Branch. Life became more complicated when Sam fell in love with the ex mistress of his ex-KGB boss and they decided to marry. The story details Sam's contracts and his involvement with his mistress, his boss, the police and the British Army and has a surprising conclusion.

In 2005, the Australian Federal Police referred eight Islamic books to the Australian Classification Board. The goal was to secure a ban of the books, all of which were alleged to advocate 'terrorist acts'. After nearly a year of review, and intense public debate, two of the books were refused classification and effectively banned in a move that would have severe repercussions for librarians, scholars, authors and the state of free speech in Australia. Banning Islamic Books in Australia examines the cultural and political contexts that led up to the ban, and the content of the books themselves in an attempt to determine what it was that made them seem so dangerous. It also documents the unintended consequences of the ban on library collections and academic freedom, and how this in turn affects free speech in contemporary Australia.