Chris Hammer's new thriller pits wealthy families against each other
Full Circle follows an undercover cop hunting his girlfriend's killers through high-finance murder and stock-market revenge.
Chris Hammer's latest novel, Full Circle, trades his usual crime settings for the world of ultra-wealthy families in Sorrento, Victoria. Two rival dynasties battle for power, using the stock market as their weapon and murder as their tool.
The hero is Travis Somerland, a broken ex-cop working as a driver for the wealthy Felix Clapton on his estate Montechino. Travis hunts the family who killed his girlfriend and destroyed his life.
Hammer weaves together multiple timelines and viewpoints, shifting between Travis and Judy Bleuski's perspectives. This creates a web of secrets and revenge.
The novel shows how money and power corrupt, even people who appear decent. It has clever twists that still leave questions unanswered.
- Sorrento, Victoria; Montechino estate
- Setting
- 2026
- Publication year
Why it mattersHammer's latest shows how the view we get shapes what we believe in a story, making it gripping psychological drama for fans of complex family tales.
AustraliaAn Australian author publishing with Simon and Schuster reaches international readers, while the Sorrento setting brings a local Australian backdrop to international crime-fiction readers.
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