$22.99 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin / ISBN:9781741756777)
Deep Water
Stripped of his private detective licence and devastated by the
murder of his partner Lily Truscott, Cliff Hardy travels to the US
to help Lily's brother's tilt for a world boxing title. In San
Diego he suffers a heart attack and undergoes a quadruple bypass.
He meets nurse Margaret McKinley, an expatriate Australian who is
concerned about the disappearance in Sydney of her father -
renowned geologist Dr Henry McKinley.
Hardy undertakes to investigate in association with Hank Bachelor,
his former associate who now runs his own agency. It turns out that
McKinley had discovered a way to tap into the massive Sydney basin
aquifer, a possible solution to the city's water problems. Working
with Margaret who visits Sydney, Bachelor, and his daughter, Megan,
Hardy confronts an old enemy and contending forces bent on
exploiting the discovery and prepared to kill for it.
Energised by the case and by his attachment to Margaret, Hardy
obeys the strict rules for the restoration of his health - but in
pursuing the truth and the malefactors, he makes his own rules.
Ned Kelly Awards 2009 Winners
Smoke and Mirrors
$24.00 (Paperback book / Ginninderra Press )
Ace detective Brad Chen is lured back to work by the double murder of a Whitlam government minister and the editor of his political memoirs. The body count rises as Chen uncovers the deadly secret behind the most momento... More »
Deep Water
$22.99 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
Stripped of his private detective licence and devastated by the murder of his partner Lily Truscott, Cliff Hardy travels to the US to help Lily's brother's tilt for a world boxing title. In San Diego he suffers a heart a... More »
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The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island
$32.95 (Trade paperback / Hamish Hamilton )
"...Chloe Hooper has more than done justice to a worthy story. She has produced an Australian classic." Robert Drewe, The Age
This is the story of Palm Island, the tropical paradise where one morning Cameron Doomadgee sw... More »
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Ghostlines
$29.95 (Trade paperback / Scribe Publications )
Winner of the 2007 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript
Ghostlines centres on Philip Trudeau, a once-respected investigative journalist who has stepped on the wrong toes. With his personal l... More »
ReviewNed Kelly Awards 2009 Fiction Shortlist
Smoke and Mirrors
$24.00 (Paperback book / Ginninderra Press )
Ace detective Brad Chen is lured back to work by the double murder of a Whitlam government minister and the editor of his political memoirs. The body count rises as Chen uncovers the deadly secret behind the most momento... More »
Deep Water
$22.99 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
Stripped of his private detective licence and devastated by the murder of his partner Lily Truscott, Cliff Hardy travels to the US to help Lily's brother's tilt for a world boxing title. In San Diego he suffers a heart a... More »
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Bright Air
$22.99 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
Lord Howe Island is located six hundred kilometres off the east coast of Australia. A beautiful place with unique biodiversity becomes the scene for a tragic accident when rock climber Luce falls to her death. However, w... More »
Peter Corris
