A suspicious death. A government cover-up. Exposing the truth demands exceptional courage.

Shelley feels compelled to uncover the truth about her friend’s suspicious death. The search for answers plunges her into a sinister world of police cover-ups, organized crime, corporate greed, and government corruption. Even the Prime Minister could be involved. Shelley has never been bold, but she’ll have to break the rules and jeopardize her safe, public service career and maybe her life, to learn the truth.

The stakes are high, and the treacherous schemers will do anything to keep their deadly secrets. Lives don’t matter, not even hers.

Can she expose the truth and live?

This powerful, Australian political conspiracy thriller has intrigue, mystery, suspense, and tension.

Goodreads reviews say "Intelligent, gripping thriller"; "page-turning...novel"; "A powerful story about powerful themes" and "A political thriller for today".

Reader’s Favourite 5-star review - “The author keeps the reader engaged with impressive writing, energetic dialogue, a searing plot, and current concerns we can relate to like immigration and the environment. Some of the characters you will like--others you will not like. But that's what makes the novel so entertaining. For a page-turning conspiracy thriller, seize your copy of Deadly Secrets by H.R. Kemp today.”

Editorial Reviews;

A Complex, Comprehensive Thrill Ride with Sharp Social Observation. This intricate socio-political thriller takes the reader through a mind-spinning myriad of mystery and intrigue while generating a delicious pallet of both likable and detestable characters. Greg McLaughlin (author of Third Party, Second Coming, and more)

... an intense page-turner...The twists and turns of the plot keep us fearing and rooting for characters we have come to care about...a thrilling, twisting thriller with engaging, unforgettable characters. Matthew Arnold Stern (author of Amiga, and The Remainders)

The story constantly surprises...I found myself going through a range of emotions: anger, surprise, fear, sadness, relief. Just when I thought I figured it out, the author put in another twist. Trudy Knowles (author of educational texts).

Tha Back Cover Blurb says:

Can ordinary people thwart a powerful conspiracy?

Shelley Ormond’s life is about to change forever. Her friend, a young refugee, dies suddenly and the federal police have shrouded her case in secrecy. Shelley has never been bold, but she will have to break the rules and jeopardize her safe, public service career to learn the truth.

Her new friend Adrian, a medical researcher, is studying a mysterious illness in the Australian outback. Young children are becoming fatally ill, but there’s no obvious cause although suspicious mining activity in the area is worth investigating.

Shelley delves deeper and is drawn into a sinister world of police cover-ups, organized crime, government corruption, and corporate greed.

If she obeys the law, the powerful can go on breaking it. The stakes are high, and the treacherous schemers will do anything to keep their deadly secrets.

Lives don’t matter, not even hers.