Good Intentions

'Fans of Dolly Alderton and Diana Reid will delight in and welcome this new Australian voice to the genre' Books+Publishing


THE BIGGEST STORY WAS ALWAYS THE ONE BETWEEN THEM

In the cramped basement office of their university newspaper, Jake and Nadia break a huge story that exposes a decade of institutional corruption. In the quieter hours, they also fall in love.

Then Nadia leaves.

A decade later, she returns from New York, once a fast-rising finance hotshot, now exiled after a deal gone wrong. Back in Sydney, Jake has forged a reputation as a crusading reporter whose by-line regularly brings down the rich and powerful.

Battlelines are drawn when they're each pulled into the orbit of a biotech visionary whose startup becomes Nadia's big break and the target of Jake's latest investigation. As old wounds flare, both must decide how far they'll go to come out on top.

Clear-eyed and taut, Good Intentions asks if it is possible to be a good person in a morally grey world, and what happens when someone you once loved with your whole heart threatens to topple everything you've built.

Praise for Good Intentions:

'Thrilling, evocative and witty, Wu's first novel is a welcome contribution to the Australian literary landscape. It goes to the heart of why so many enter the field of journalism, and the strength that comes with holding truth to power. Add a beautiful love story to the mix, and you've got a masterpiece!' - Zara Seidler, co-founder of The Daily Aus

'What starts as a campus love story catches fire and blazes into a full-scale reckoning of corporate greed. A coming-of-age story for the late capitalist hellscape. Easy to read and hard to sit with. Set it for your book club and watch the sparks fly.' - Bri Lee, author of Eggshell Skull and Seed

'Relentless reading, I couldn't put it down. Evocatively penned and a clever exploration of the cost of speaking truth to power. This is an arrival Australian fiction has waited too long for.' - Antoinette Lattouf, author of Women Who Win and How to Lose Friends and Influence White People