Tom Gilling's acclaimed novels, The Sooterkin, Miles McGinty and Dreamland have all been published in Australia, as well as in London and New York. His is co-author with Clive Small of the highly successful Smack Express, Blood Money, Evil Life and The Dark Side. Terry Jones was a friend of Donald Mackay, a long-time resident of Griffith and editor of The Area News and The Griffith Times. His diaries form the basis of this book.

1. Aussie Bob takes a punt 2. Guns and godfathers 3. A new crop 4. Boom town 5. Shame 6. Coleambally drug bust 7. Mackay has to go 8. They've killed Don 9. Follow the money 10. A clairvoyant and a royal commission 11. Another body 12. Mr Asia 13. Special tomatoes 14. Aussie Bob on the run 15. Bodies in the river 16. Aussie Bob: dead or alive? 17. Parrington pays 18. Cops and crops 19. Witness X 10. Blackmail Afterword