Nameless Books: 5 books

In this latest installment of the Fungus series, Cucumber Gutierrez hands over narration duties to Alberto Zapata himself, assistant police commissioner in the state of Victoria, Melbourne's own Sherlock Holmes (or is that Inspector Clouseau?). Melbourne is to host a gigantic celebration of...

"My name is Cucumber Gutierrez. English is my second language, but the way I write everyone thinks that is my fourteenth." When Alberto Zapata and his baker father, Tito, are ejected from Panama over a havoc-causing cake, the whole family is thrown out with them, including Alberto’s...

There's trouble in Melbourne again, and Victoria's new assistant police commissioner, the Panamanian Alberto Zapata, is back on the case. A new airline with onboard casinos is sucking money from the people's pockets, prompting an array of offbeat community groups to take to the streets in protest....

"In that moment, there arose all the resolve I hoped would be with me when I finally met her, and my vertigo turned to exultation. So what if she was married? I had contemplated that long ago, and decided I'd have her anyway." Joshua Rivers was born to expect great things. A former...

"I saw that everything going on was tied up in a knot that held this at its center—'I'm not what I wanted to be.' " It's been ten years since Joshua Rivers had his dream of the girl he believes he is supposed to marry, and she's still nowhere in sight. Now twenty-two, Joshua...