Noir crime fiction with strong LGBTQ+ lead characters
Stories that bleed. Characters that breathe. No one gets out clean.
St Kilda, 1995. A sixteen-year-old boy lands at a crumbling hostel with stolen cash, a black eye and nowhere else to go — then he meets the boy in the room next door. The Paradise Lodge is a standalone meta-memoir of survival, friendship, grief, and a Melbourne that no longer exists. Read the full synopsis on the book page, browse the full catalog, or start with Sydney Park if you want the Brick House entry point first.
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The Brick House Universe spans 1994 to 2026, but you do not need a map to begin. Read the standalone first. Follow the ghost trail after.
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The standalone entry point. Homicide Detective Trent Williams steps into a shadow war against his own community.
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1995 to 2025
A meta-memoir of survival, friendship, grief, and the year that changed everything.
Buy the ebookGraham Miller and Joey Moretti. Five cases that break them and remake them.
Moretti leads the Special Investigations Group. Miller is his ghost.
Chung Nguyen sees patterns no one else can. The city becomes a puzzle.
The final chapter. The SIG goes analogue to chase a digital ghost.
A Meta-Memoir
For the boys in the cheap seats. You know who you are.
St Kilda, 1995. A sixteen-year-old boy lands at a crumbling hostel with stolen cash, a black eye and nowhere else to go. Sam is running from a home that tried to break him, then he meets the boy in the room next door.
The Paradise Lodge is a standalone meta-memoir of survival, friendship, grief, and a Melbourne that no longer exists.
"It's more than that. It's more than that. It's a period of time that I had the time of my life in real life."
Written from 2025, with Troy's ghost narrating from the afterlife. A tribute. A confession. A celebration of joy that outlasts grief.
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Start with Sydney Park, a standalone 120-page neo-noir novella. It is the entry point to the wider Brick House Universe without requiring any prior reading. The Paradise Lodge is a standalone meta-memoir — read it next, or on its own.
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Melbourne-based crime novelist. Queer leads. Australian cities. Lean prose, complicated characters, and stories that trust their readers.