Robert Fisk
Robert lives in Mosgiel. His books are often but not always inspired by his experiences, especially his travels. Robert self-publishes through Amazon, Draft2Digital, and Smashwords. He writes his text, checks for errors, proofreads the draft, designs the covers, and markets the book.
Genre:
- Adult Fiction
- Fiction
- Young Adult
Skills:
- Academic Writing
Branch:
Otago/Southland
Location:
Mosgiel
Publications:
Trust
Richard West has a bad day. He loses his job at a university. It gets worse: his house is demolished, he is injured and his wife Alex has disappeared. He begins to fight back against his attackers, but who are they? And will Alex be in danger if he retaliates?
Staying Alive
An explosion in the Tui Glen cave traps ten students, Christina Hastings and Kere Hawker, the Department of Conservation guide. With no hope of immediate rescue, the people underground must find ways of staying alive. Staying alive is a daily struggle for Brenna and those trapped with her. Nerves begin to fray and one young man becomes violent, threatening to kill the whole party.
Farm Kill
When the area is cut off from the rest of the country by an earthquake Richard West and his wife Alex and daughter Jo manage to escape and find their way to the Somerville farm. What has happened to the Somervilles? Who is the strange autistic boy? Can they survive the dangers they face as a killer hunts them down?
Entrenched Beliefs
Richard West is sent to Middle Creek to investigate a school principal's concerns that a young child is being molested by her father. What is the church leader hiding? Why is there so much secrecy? What has happened to the girl who disappeared when on a pony trek organized by the church leader? Can Richard West heal the wounds that are ripping Middle Creek apart?
The Stalking of Louise Copperfiled
A New Year's party is the trigger for events that will bring Louise Copperfield and Charlotte Hoar face to face with their high school past. Now adults, they have reacted in different ways to their experience; one with continuing emotional difficulties and the other with feelings of sexual worthlessness. Louise’s husband Frank Copperfield is a successful builder and businessman. He becomes entangled with the corrupt Stuart Larcombe as he attempts to build two new projects, a large shopping mall and a housing estate on land deemed unsuitable for such usage
Blood Money
Simon Standish is asked to defend Jasmin Killian from the United Sultanates of Bagus, known as the USB. As Standish learns more about Jasmin he comes to believe that the possible successors to the Sultanate of Sungai Utan in the USB are being hunted down by an assassin. This appears to be an internet contract but who is paying the murderer? And where is this killer?
Passport to Power
One of Richard West's overseas students disappears. Her friends think Boon has been forced into the sex trade. They enlist Richard's help in finding Boon, who is believed to be held captive in a remote mountain resort, The Tall Oaks. The lecturer and a friend and two students are themselves captured, leaving Richard, Alex and Police Officer Rebecca Nolan to rescue them before they are disposed of. Boon is thrown into a raging torrent to drown by one of the merciless criminals. Richard and Alex attempt to rescue her but to do so, Alex must face her cultural fears of a water monster, the taniwha, while Richard must attempt to save his wife and the student when previous rescue attempts in the same spot have failed.
Star Crossed
Three families in the past are linked to the present by an old lady's search for the truth about her family fortune; where it came from and what happened to it. While searching for the truth her great grandaughter Kalle discovers her family's history and a White Supremacist plot against New Zealand's Moslem community.
Star Crossed
This is the second part of the Family Fortune trilogy, published as a separate more manageable volume. This story continues from Star Crossed. It is the second volume of a trilogy. In England in the early 1800s Isabella Blyde continues her life in London as a solo parent while the Pajari family face Philip's intense jealousy. . Samuel Boyd finds his way to New Zealand. and Isabella Blyde and Harriet Millichamp find their feet in London despite the chauvinism of the day. Disaster strikes both women. As Kalle Kennedy prepares to go the USA to find missing Martin Carter. She is attacked by agents of TOPL who seek to take over the government of New Zealand.
The Tontine
This is the final book of the Simpson Family Inheritance trilogy. In the early 1800s, Jenna Pajari travels to England to take up her father's business affairs before her uncle can claim them. She is in love with Peter Field but Fate keeps them apart. Jenna travels to England to unite with the Fields and the Blydes. She is caught in the Second War of Copenhagen and meets her uncle one fateful last time.
Ivan Schmisek, head of TOPL in New Zealand, implements his plans to take over the country. His plans include wiping out the Kennedy clan and assassinating the Prime Minister. Officer Michelle Malcolmson is sent to the USA to verify Kalle Kennedy's claims to have been abducted, but Michelle is captured and interrogated and faces death at the hands of TOPL agents. Superintendent McGlashan has to flee the country ahead of malicious charges. Kalle Kennedy, who is seeking the truth about Jennifer Simpson's claim to a fortune, and Superintendent Bob McGlashan are hunted down by TOPL agents. In New Zealand, Luke Norman hides Kalle's family. He and Kim Yeong try to rescue the Prime Minister to restore him to power. The mystery surrounding the historical fortunes of the Blydes, the Boyds and the Pajaris is finally unravelled in a surprising revelation.
Hidden Killer
Gilbert Hastings and Lucille Dellow take a holiday job to renovate the Old Stone House in Arbor Valley. The owner of the Old Stone House, Elsie Leggat has moved into a rest home and has been persuaded to sell her house by a corrupt Nadine Norton. Nadine has a hidden motive for listing the old lady's house. The Old Stone House produces a surprise that results in a house fire and Gilbert being charged with murder.. Gilbert does not realise that both he and Lucille are in danger from a hidden killer.
The Fern Valley Conspiracy
Richard West is sent to save a rural Area School from closure and to find what happened to the school's Principal. He meets with resentment and obstruction as farmers and foresters join together to hide an inconvenient truth. There is a gulf between the Maori people and the dominant pakeha, or Europeans. His enquiries place him and a Vietnam War veteran in mortal danger.
The Pregnant Virgin
Ibrahim saw the body before Ali did. It must have been dead for a while because it had floated to the surface where the birds would get it. He could have saved money on chickens had he known. By the look of the fair hair it was an orang putih, not the first to drown in this treacherous river. While solving the mystery Richard becomes a target for a sophisticated international network of criminals.