O’Keefe

Written by David Whish-Wilson

Follow Paul Cutler on his next adventure as he fights the cocaine gold rush.

Assuming his new identity as Paul O’Keefe, Paul is tasked with finding the supplier of a surge of Mexican cartel meth flooding Australian streets. Assigned to infiltrate a newly appointed security company at Fremantle Port, he discovers a clandestine world of off-the-books operations, and a business front that goes far beyond mere security. There’s a dangerous game afoot for who gets control of the port’s smuggling operations, and O’Keefe is caught in the crossfire.

A pulse-pounding thriller that takes a hard look at the Australian ‘cocaine gold rush’, where maritime crime meets the ruthless currents of the underworld.

Praise for O’Keefe

‘Compelling, authentic, satisfying.’ Hayley Scrivenor

‘Vivid, dark, evocative. A hair-raising ride through Australia’s criminal underworld.’ Chris Hammer

‘Outstanding. One of Australia’s best crime novelists – Whish-Wilson is operating at the height of his powers.’ Iain Ryan

‘This story will have your pulse racing from start to finish.’ Bridget, Better Reading

‘Five stars from me – the pressure built from start to finish, and I couldn’t stop reading or thinking about O’Keefe.’ Jess, Better Reading

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O’Keefe by David Whish-Wilson, 2025. Fremantle Press

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David Whish-Wilson is the author of eleven novels and three creative non-fiction books. He was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, but raised in Singapore, Victoria and Western Australia. At eighteen, he left Australia to live for a decade in Europe, Africa and Asia, where he worked as a barman, actor, streetseller, petty criminal, labourer, exterminator, factory worker, gardener, clerk, travel agent, teacher and drug trial guinea pig.

David’s first novel in the Frank Swann crime series, Line of Sight (Penguin Australia) was shortlisted for a Ned Kelly Award in 2012. He has since written three more in the series – the first three being published in Germany by Suhrkamp Verlag. David wrote the Perth book in the NewSouth Books city series, which was short-listed for a WA Premiers Book Award.

David also teaches in the prison system in Perth and previously in Fiji, where he started the countries first prisoner writing program.

He currently lives in Fremantle, Western Australia with his partner and three kids, where he teaches creative writing at Curtin University.