Gideon’s Final Testament

In the shadow of the law, the ledger is written in blood. Elias Thorne was the best auditor the New South Wales Police ever had—not because he was good with numbers, but because he knew how to track the scent of a lie. But when he is called to the scene of a brutal family massacre at Shuman Boulevard, the figures don't add up. The victims are the family of Gideon Blackwood, a man of untouchable vanity and the architect of a secret financial empire. What begins as a murder investigation spirals into a desperate hunt through the grit of Sydney's underworld and the mist-shrouded valleys of the Great Dividing Range. Thorne quickly discovers that the Blackwood murders weren't an end, but a "Managed Exit"—a clinical liquidation of human assets designed to hide a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of the "Protected Class." As Thorne pursues a ghost across a landscape of moral decay, he is forced to confront a terrifying truth: his own past has been harvested to create the ultimate weapon. Gideon hasn't just built a criminal network; he has engineered a lineage. From the salt-sprayed pylons of the Sydney Opera House to the sun-bleached villas of the French interior, THE FINAL AUDIT is a stark, realistic thriller of power, betrayal, and the heavy price of the truth. In a world where every life is a line item, Thorne must decide if he is willing to burn the entire ledger to ensure the accounts are finally settled.