The Easy Sin is a 2002 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary.

[1] It was the nineteenth (and penultimate) book featuring Sydney detective Scobie Malone.

[2] The plot concerns the murder of a housemaid to a dot com millionaire.

Kidnappers thought they have grabbed the millionaire's girlfriend, not realising they've taken the millionaire instead.

Matters are complicated by the involvement of the Yakuza.