Download or read book The Permit written by G. C. Chase and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silence is golden?at least that's what they want you to believe.Journalist Audrey Lord couldn't wait to leave Bennington, yet here she is, two decades later, with two kids, a tenuous marriage, back working on the local newspaper. When she hears Jack, a senior council employee-and her first love-has taken his own life, she's shocked.But something doesn't feel right.Determined to erase her doubts, Audrey teams up with Jack's grieving father Stuart who has questions of his own. As the unlikely pair digs into the underbelly of Bennington, they discover Jack's workplace is a minefield of government "minders" and property developers with too much power.As Audrey risks her career to find what happened to Jack, she discovers corruption runs deep. Did Jack get in the way? But powerful people want Audrey's investigation stopped and they will go to any lengths to silence her ?including targeting her family.Can Audrey find the truth before it costs her everything?The Permit is the first book in the Audrey Lord mystery series. If you like driven but appealing heroes, then you'll love G C Chase's whodunnit, set on the Mornington Peninsula outside of Melbourne."Great story, plenty of twists to keep you engrossed, great characters.""It was an emotional roller coaster watching Audrey reach the truths she needed... exciting to watch Audrey's investigative skills develop."