Point Blank

A deadly game of golf. A tangled web of lies. Can Detective Jack Lisbon outsmart the killer?
In the sweltering heat of Northern Australia, a peaceful morning at the country club golf course erupts into chaos as a gun fires upon unsuspecting players. Detective Sergeant Jack Lisbon, off-duty and enjoying a round of golf, rushes to the scene only to find one man dead and another bleeding out.
With a woman’s piercing screams echoing in his ears and scant evidence to work with, Lisbon must navigate a complex web of relationships and potential suspects to uncover the truth behind this chilling attack.
As he delves deeper into the investigation, a tangled love triangle among the victims emerges, adding another layer of complexity to the case. With time running out and a family emergency demanding his presence in London, can Lisbon identify the culprit before more lives are lost?
Blair Denholm’s sixth installment in The Fighting Detective series, Point Blank, is a gripping hard-boiled police procedural, perfect for fans of James Patterson, David Baldacci and Ian Rankin.
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Praise for The Fighting Detective series:
★★★★★An excellent mystery.
★★★★★Denholm knows how to reel you in!
★★★★★Great thriller!
★★★★★Could not put it down.
★★★★★Excellent!
★★★★★Blair Denholm has done it again with an unputdownable book.

BLAIR DENHOLM is a born-and-bred Australian crime fiction writer whose previous jobs have been as varied as translator, debt collector, technology researcher, banking and insurance consultant, and even car-wash attendant. Over the years he has lived and worked in New York, Moscow, Munich, Abu Dhabi and Australia. His life-long love of sports is reflected in the plots of the Fighting Detective series.

Denholm’s flagship series, The Fighting Detective, stars ex-boxer Detective Sergeant Jack Lisbon and is set in the steamy tropics of North Queensland, Australia. The series features heavy doses of noir crime with a vigilante justice twist. So far there are eight novels and one prequel novella in the series, with more in the pipeline.

Denholm’s debut novel, SOLD, is the first in a noir trilogy featuring the detestable yet lovable one-man wrecking ball Gary Braswell. The book was long-listed for movie adaptation by Screen Queensland in 2019. The other books in this series are Sold to the Devil and Sold Dirt Cheap.

Denholm has also written two thriller novels set in Russia. Captain Viktor Voloshin is a hard-boiled investigator who has to fight the establishment in order for justice to be served in his own special way. The first in this series, Revolution Day, was published in 2021, with the follow-up, The Defector, released in 2024. One more book will round off this series.

In 2024, Denholm will be signing on with UK-based publisher Vinci Books.

Blair Denholm grew up in suburban Brisbane, Queensland. After two lengthy stints in Tasmania, he now resides in the relatively cooler climes of the Southern Downs region of Queensland with his partner, Sandra, and faithful dog, Bruno.