An extremely funny and clever action-comedy-political satire set almost entirely in Bali, Bali & Oates is the first book in a trilogy. The Australian PM visits Bali to sign the Bali Oil & Gas Access Negotiation (BOGAN) agreement, but officers from ASIO, ASIS and AFP (all male and incompetent) believe there is a terrorist threat. The Australian Consul-General, assisted by a 60-year-old, digital-whiz Granny Geek, soon realize that apparent terrorist groups may have been created by another Australian diplomat who was researching a novel about threats to a prime minister visiting Bali to sign the BOGAN agreement ... or maybe not.