Garry Disher crafts sharp police procedurals with a distinctive down-under flair. A young girl has been abducted on Australia's Mornington Peninsula and Sergeant Ellen Destry takes the case in Inspector Hal Challis' absence. ". Disher . deserve[s] to be as well known as Michael Connelly and Ian Rankin. Moody, inventive, and extremely hard to put down."-Booklist, starred review
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"The fourth Hal Challis set in Australia. Well-written and good plot."
— Linden (4 out of 5 stars)
" One of the better police procedural series going. I really enjoy the Australian setting, the books are well plotted, and the author does a great job with both the major and supporting characters from book to book. "
— Sandi, 8/14/2012" An interesting Aussie police procedural with good character definition and a fairly complex plot and subplot. I'd be willing to read more from this author. "
— Jaime, 10/4/2010" narrator was adequate but not sensational. story was longer than it needed to be but it still head my interest. a police procedural set in Victoria. "
— Sharron, 8/13/2010" An interesting Aussie police procedural with good character definition and a fairly complex plot and subplot. I'd be willing to read more from this author. "
— Jaime, 6/16/2009Garry Disher is one of Australia’s best-known novelists. He has published over forty books in a range of genres, including crime, children’s books, and Australian history. He lives on the Mornington Peninsula, southeast of Melbourne.
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