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What do you do when three valuable paintings are stolen from three separate art galleries,in three different countries, all on the same night? You call the Porecki's – Chuck, Laura and Brad – the most exciting father, daughter and son investigation team the world has ever seen – but which doesn't officially exist.

 

Together they scour the planet in search of their kidnapped mother, but when they are hired to find and return three stolen Van Gogh's by a Hong Kong Insurance company, its just the start of a heart-stopping adventure that sees them hurtle from one adrenalin pumping day to another. The Porecki's must use their expertise, in surveillance, hi-tech gadgetry, combat and detection, as they go head to head with an elite gang of master criminals. The catch? – they have only seven days to catch the thieves.
It's a race against time, it's a perilous assignment, its the Global Art Grab.

Published in August 2003, and more to come!

 


The Tattan Howman Trail
(The Gadget Gang's Second Adventure!)

When the world's most sophisticated internet banking software is breached, the Tattan Howman Bank become the overnight victims of the world's biggest bank robbery. In a little over two hours, twenty billion dollars are stolen from their accounts. No guns.No getaway cars. No way of tracing them. Until the Gadget Gang are asked to get involved.

Under the glare of the world's media, the Poreckis are asked to catch the most devious internet hackers the world has ever seen. Before long, they're following the Tattan Howman Trail across Europe, all the way to the Red Square and the Russian Mafia. Under pressure by the bank, and under the spotlight, they soon realise that this case is far bigger than the world's biggest, it's much bigger than that. Its not just a robbery, it's a plan by the world's leading computer company to take out its competition and dominate the globe.

It's a treacherous trail, it's a non-stop action packed tale, it's the Tattan Howman Trail.
 

The Gadget Gang.......and the Killer Rock Kidnapping.
(The Gadget Gang's Third Adventure!)

When one of the biggest rock stars on the planet is kidnapped 5 days before the world's biggest televised charity concert, Chuck, Brad and Laura are asked to find and return `Killer Rock' before the concert is cancelled, or the insurance company will be forced to pay millions in lost TV revenue.

On the surface it looks like a sinister sabotage war between two rival TV networks has spun out of control, and left a trail of devastation and dead bodies in its wake.

However, not everything is as it seems and before long all three are up to their necks in a government cover up spanning three continents.

The trouble is, five separate governments are all involved.

On the run from secret government agencies, Chuck, Brad and Laura become the hunted and the hunters, as the search for `Killer Rock' leads them into one murderous trap after another.

All alone and over their heads, they have only five days to find Killer Rock, and expose the most ghastly political scandal the world has ever seen.

It's a terrifying action packed adventure hurtling from one nail-biting hour to the next.

Its spine tingling, its adrenalin pumping, it's the Killer Rock Kidnapping.

The Gadget Gang.......and the Panalak Mountain Pipeline. (The Gadget Gang's Fourth Adventure!)

When Chuck Porecki receives a mysterious phone call telling him he will see his missing wife Aisha in seven days time, its just the start of a heart stopping adventure.

The only catch is, that in order to see her, he along with Laura and Brad must carry out the world's biggest ever robbery.

But its no ordinary robbery.

They aren't stealing art, gold, precious stones or industrial secrets.

They have to steal oil.

Eighteen thousand tonnes of it, to be precise.

They have only seven short days to re-direct thousands of tonnes of crude oil from the Panalak Mountain Pipeline, without detection.

Who better to plan the world's biggest robbery, than the world's best investigation team ?

As they fight to save their mother and wrestle with their consciences, they quickly uncover the diabolical and shocking truth behind the robbery.

Together they must race against the clock to plan the most difficult robbery ever carried out, save their mothers life, and bring down a terrorist agency with plans on creating a global ecological disaster.

In order to save Aisha, they have to become the bad guys.

It's an electrifying adventure, it's a thrilling tale, it's the Panalak Mounain Pipeline.

The Gadget Gang.......and the San Lorenzo Sinking.
(The Gadget Gang's Fifth Adventure!)

As the huge new Cruise Liner the `San Lorenzo' sets sail on its maiden voyage from Rio de Janeiro, a dark cloud of mystery follows the world's most luxurious new ship into the vast expanse of the South Pacific.

An anonymous tip off only a few days earlier, alerts the ships insurance company to a possible plan to sink the San Lorenzo by its owners, in order to claim the $750m insurance money.

The only way they can prevent it, is to put a team of specialists on it.

It doesn't take long for Chuck, Brad and Laura to unearth the shocking truth about the horrific plan that goes beyond a simple insurance claim.

Together they begin a deadly game of cat and mouse with the ships mercenary crew as they battle to keep the liner afloat, keep the 3000 passengers alive, and keep 5 nuclear warheads in the belly of the ship from reaching the warlord waiting on them at the other side of the ocean.

Its not an easy task, but when you're 200 miles from land stranded on a ship with murderous mercanaries, its just that little bit harder.

Its pulsating and shocking, its frightening and thrilling, it's the San Lorenzo Sinking.

The Gadget Gang.......and the Devil's Own Diamond.
(The Gadget Gang's Sixth Adventure!)

When the world's biggest and most expensive diamond is stolen from an exhibition centre in Johannesburg, the Porecki's are hired to recover the billion dollar `Devils Own' diamond, before the 10 day insurance deadline.

The diamond itself is believed to be cursed, almost everyone who has handled the diamond has died afterwards, earning it the name, `The Devil's Own'.

Now Chuck, Brad and Laura must track down the diamond and the master-criminals who stole it.

What starts out as a simple case of diamond theft soon becomes murder, and all three find themselves embroiled in a deadly industrial war between rival mining companies with power and greed the main reason behind the theft.

Buteverything is not as it seems, and before long they realise that deep inside the South African government, someone is using the companies as puppets for a much more sinister reason.

Using every skill they know, and every piece of hardware at their disposal, Chuck, Brad and Laura must outwit the government, outfight the companies, and return the diamond.

It's a terrifying assignment, as all three tear from one near-death experience to another,...all the while, the clock is ticking.

It's dark forces at play, its deadly prices to pay, it's the Devil's Own Diamond.
 

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