The Poisoned Chalice

Forensic accountant Daniel Mulhall has serious misgivings about the financial operations of the Melbourne-based Children's Rights Foundation. When he discovers a $350,000 cash discrepancy, he suspects something illegal is happening, but has to tread carefully. The Foundation's chairman is an influential member of the church and the accounts are managed by his incompetent sister.Daniel's investigations are met with verbal threats and his car is vandalised. The centre's manager is found dead, Daniel is arrested for carrying drugs in his car and a petty drug dealer is fished out of the bay.The final threat comes when his wife and son are kidnapped. When Daniel is attacked by thugs and bundled into a car, he misses the second phone call from his family's abductors. Desperate to have his family back, Daniel agrees to work with the police. He'll do anything to get them back, but at what cost?