Full Strength: Robert G. Barrett - Leaving Bondi; Mystery Bay Blues; Rosa-Marie's Baby

An omnibus featuring: Leaving Bondi: Les Norton No XV. Les reckoned by tossing 50 grand into the Gull's movie he'd become the next Sam Goldwyn. Only someone put a bomb on the movie set. And who gets the blame? Now Les is a fugitive from the law and desperate to prove his innocence. Satanists, drug dealers, mad poets, blabbermouth disc jockeys - in fact, everybody between Sydney, the Blue Mountains and South Australia wants a piece of Les Norton, movie magnate. Alias Forrest McNamara, book publisher. Alias Conrad Ullrich, company director. And Norman Bates' mother. The only person who found the real Les Norton was the May Queen with a little help from the Avis navigator. So what are Norton's chances of clearing his name? Rely on Les to sort something out. Mystery Bay Blues: Les Norton No. XVI: Just when everything was going so good, Les slips a disc in his back. He can't run, he can't train. He can't do anything much. But he can still drive his car. So it's down to Narooma for the South Coast Blues Festival and a bit of R&R: 30 bands and three days and nights of non-stop rock 'n' roll. Which would have been great, only Les has to have a slight altercation with four fishermen on his first night in town. Now the toughest, meanest, most horrible bloke on the south coast is after his blood. then Les meets Amazing Grace. Add some magic mushrooms, a dancing bear and Jerry Lee Rat. It all makes for an interesting time at the Blues Festival. Rosa-Marie's Baby: Les Norton No. XVII: If it wasn't for a letter lost in the system for decades landing on his lap, Les would never have known he wasn't the only Norton to gain notoriety thanks to Kings Cross. There was another - even worse than him: devil - worshipping artist and occultist Rosa-Marie Norton, the Witch of Kings Cross. Rosa was so bad the police arrested her for lewd behaviour and obscenity, and the customs department burnt her paintings - paintings now worth thousands of dollars. Yet according to the lost letter, a bundle of her paintings had been secreted at an old church in Victoria. By sheer coincidence, Les is asked to help with a hit in Melbourne on a shonky art dealer named 'Latte' Lindsey. After the hit, Les decides to take a trip down the Great Ocean Road, call in to the Church of the Blessed Madonna, and see if he can finds 'Mum's' painting. Along with plenty of trouble, Les finds sexy Sonia and staunch Stepha. He also finds there's a lot of deja vu getting around in Victoria. And when it comes to violence south of the border, there are no Mexican stand-offs.