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Wyatt - 04 - Cross Kill

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:11:15 +0200

Wyatt, a hold-up man, is in trouble. The Mesics have his money, the Outfit wants him dead. He goes to Sydney and hits the Outfit where it hurts, buying himself some time and freedom. But he doesn't reckon on a cop on the take and an Outfit lieutenant with a gun in her hand and revenge on her mind.

Day’s End

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 22:30:43 +0200

Consolation

Thu, 27 Feb 2020 18:11:08 +0200

In Consolation, Tiverton's only police officer Constable Paul Hirschhausen is dealing with a snowdropper. Someone is stealing women's underwear, and Hirsch knows how that kind of crime can escalate. Then two calls come in: a teacher who thinks a child may be in danger at home. A father on the rampage over at the primary school.

Hirsch knows how things like that can escalate, too. Families under pressure. Financial problems. But it's always a surprise when the killing starts.

Garry Disher has published fifty titles across multiple genres. He has won multiple German Crime Prize and Ned Kelly awards, including the Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award.

'Disher is the gold standard for rural noir.' Chris Hammer

'Peter Temple and Garry Disher will be identified as the crime writers who redefined Australian crime fiction in terms of its form, content and style.' Sydney Morning Herald

Sanctuary

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 15:33:51 +0300

A thrilling new standalone set in regional SA, from one of Australia's most esteemed crime authors.

Grace is a thief: a good one. She was taught by experts and she's been practising since she was a kid. She specialises in small, high-value items—stamps, watches—and she knows her Jaeger-LeCoultres from her Patek Philippes. But it's a solitary life, always watchful, always moving. It's not the life she wants.

Lying low after a run-in with an old associate, Grace walks into Erin Mandel's rural antiques shop and sees a chance for something different. A normal job. A place to call home.

But someone is looking for Erin. And someone's looking for Grace, too.

And they are both, in their own ways, very dangerous men.

Garry Disher has published sixty titles across multiple genres. With a growing international reputation for his best-selling crime novels, he has won four German and three Australian awards for best crime novel of the year, and been...

Wyatt - 01 - Kick Back

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:11:16 +0200

A thriller first published in 1991, featuring Wyatt, a stylish bank robber whose inscrutable methods ensure he never gets caught - until he meets Anna Reid.

The Difference to Me

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 18:11:17 +0200

A collection of award-winning short stories by Garry Disher spanning Australia, Africa and Europe, the extremes of loneliness and connection, and the myriad relationships that can bind people and places.

First published in 1998, these themes as relevant today as they have ever been.

Garry Disher has published over 50 books: general and literary novels, crime thrillers, short story collections, fiction for children and teenagers, anthologies (as editor), creative writing handbooks and Australian History textbooks. His awards include a New South Wales Premier's Literary Award, a German Crime Novel of the Year Award as well as three German Crime Fiction Awards, three Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Fiction and, in 2018, the Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award. The first four of his acclaimed Wyatt novels are part of the Untapped Collection. To find out more visit garrydisher.com

Mischance Creek

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 09:45:27 +0200

Mischance Creek is the next in the Australian rural crime series by bestselling author Garry Disher, featuring beloved local copper Hirsch

Challis - 03 - Snapshot

Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:26:41 +0200

From Publishers Weekly

Fans of grim, uncompromising police procedurals will welcome Australian Disher's gritty, well-plotted third novel to feature Insp. Hal Challis (after 2005's Kittyhawk Down). A dedicated but haunted man, the Melbourne homicide detective is still recovering emotionally from his late wife's attempt to kill him. When Janine McQuarrie, a therapist who happens to be the daughter-in-law of Challis's police superintendent, is gunned down in front of her seven-year-old daughter, Challis and his longtime partner, Ellen Destry, get on the case. Their discovery that the victim had recently sent pictures from an orgy to some of its participants—including her own husband—leads to a number of suspects, including their boss. Soon, more bodies turn up, suggesting that McQuarrie may have been mistaken for someone else. A fully realized character, Challis is the fitting center of what will hopefully be a long series. (July)
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From Booklist

The third Hal Challis mystery finds the Australian police detective on the trail of a murderer who killed a woman in front of her young daughter. As Challis digs deeper, he learns that, in the dead woman's family, there were more than the usual secrets--the kind that could get somebody killed. Disher is one of the most popular mystery writers in Australia, and he deserves to be. His compelling brand of procedural has appeal for readers who want investigative detail, but it also will satisfy the character-driven crowd as well as those looking for atmosphere above all else. David Pitt
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Paydirt

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 18:11:12 +0200

Wyatt is back. This time it's a payroll run in an outpost town transformed by a pipeline construction project that brings petty crime, prostitution—and opportunity. It's a town with secrets and Wyatt isn't quick to trust at the best of times. But he's on the run and can't afford to be choosy.

First published in 1992, Paydirt is bestselling author Garry Disher's second Wyatt novel. There are currently nine books in the series and the first four are part of the Untapped Collection.

The Sunken Road

Sun, 26 May 2019 07:17:11 +0300

At the height of the Great Depression, with farmers walking off the land and the city's creeks lined with kerosene-tin shanties, a young mother is taken by a shark in the shallows at Henley Beach. Her grieving husband flees north with his baby son to the town of Pandowie, far from the treacherous ocean. In time, the boy will have a daughter: the wilful auburn-haired Anna Tolley.

Nominated on its original 1996 release for the Man Booker Prize, The Sunken Road is Garry Disher's proudest achievement. This moving, powerful novel set in the wheat and wool country of mid-north South Australia is at once the story of a region, a town and a people—and of one of the most memorable characters in Australian fiction.

Garry Disher has published fifty titles across multiple genres. His last standalone novel, Bitter Wash Road, won the 2016 German Crime Prize, a prize he had previously won twice. When honoured with last year's Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement...

Kill Shot

Mon, 12 Nov 2018 12:40:42 +0200

The latest gripping story in the popular Wyatt thriller series kicks off in Sydney and then unfolds on the beaches of NewcastleSome people just work better alone. Wyatt's one of them. He's been getting by on nice quiet little burglaries—one-man jobs—when he gets wind of something bigger.A corporate crook, notorious Ponzi schemer, set to face court and certain jail time. He's about to skip bail the old-fashioned way: on a luxury yacht with a million dollars in cash.Wyatt thinks it sounds like something he should get into.He's not alone.

Peace

Mon, 02 Dec 2019 15:24:37 +0200

Wyatt - 06 - The Fallout

Thu, 27 Feb 1997 18:11:11 +0200

Product Description

The Fallout is Wyatt's sixth job, and it takes off where Port Vila Blues left him. On a boat with policewoman Liz Redding, and a fortune in stolen gems. He escapes, triggering a manhunt, but who exactly is hunting him? While others search for sunken treasure in Bass Strait and a stone-cold killer is sprung from goal, Wyatt joins forces with hiS nephew to pull one of his trickiest robberies. In doing so he faces his most dangerous task yet-plumbing the depths within himself-and it may well prove fatal. Strong on detail and with that coldly detatched understatement we are used to from Disher, although there are signs...that Wyatt may be more human and less callous than we thought. J.R. Carroll In a mirky world where the cops are robbers, old-style crim Wyatt positively shines. Clear taut writing - not a word wasted. Marele Day For pure excitement and escapist entertainment it is hard to go past Garry Disher. Canberra Times

[Challis #5] Blood Moon

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:26:39 +0200

Winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction.

The fifth Inspector Challis Murder Mystery.

When hordes of eighteen-year-olds descend on the Peninsula to celebrate the end of exams, the overstretched police of Waterloo know they can expect party drugs and public drunkenness. What they don't count on is a brutal bashing that turns political.

The victim is connected. And for Detective Inspector Hal Challis, newly embarked on a relationship with his sergeant, Ellen Destry, this is not the best time to have the brass on his back. Especially when a bludgeoned corpse is found outside town and it becomes clear something much darker than adolescent craziness is going down. Garry Disher grew up in South Australia and now lives on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. He is the author of more than forty titles - fiction, children's books, anthologies, textbooks, and the Wyatt thrillers. Disher has won numerous awards, including the German Crime Prize (twice), and the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction in 2007 and 2010. 'Blood Moon is a fine example of just how good crime writing can be.' Australian 'Disher's skilful writing grabs the reader's attention within the first pages ad doesn't let go until the book reaches its very satisfying conclusion...well written, thought provoking and gripping, will appeal to readers of Ian Rankin and Michael Robotham.' Australian Bookseller and Publisher 'A thoroughly enjoyable novel and mystery that is easily the equal of those by John Harvey, Ian Rankin and other leaders of this form of crime-writing.' Canberra Times 'Blood Moon is entertaining and stimulating...it leaves the reader wanting more of Disher's plotting skill, and wondering about the next twist in the complex relationship between Challis and Destry...' Australian Book Review 'DI Challis and his sergeant Ellen Destry...are both deftly, yet complexly drawn characters: two of the best in the genre and Disher easily one of the best writers.' NZ Weekend Herald 'With so many exhibitionist forensic experts showing off their extraordinary skills, it's a rare pleasure to sit down to a traditional detective story in which solid police work solves a crime.' New York Times '[a] superior police procedural...' Publishers Weekly