Summary Three thrilling stories of the law from the master of the legal thriller.
Homecoming takes us back to Ford County, the fictional setting of many of John Grisham's unforgettable stories. Jake Brigance is back, but he's not in the courtroom. He's called upon to help an old friend, Mack Stafford, a former lawyer in Clanton who three years earlier became a local legend when he stole some money from his clients, divorced his wife, filed for bankruptcy, and left his family in the middle of the night, never to be heard from again. Until now. Now Mack is back and he's leaning on his old pals, Jake and Harry Rex, to help him return. His homecoming does not go as planned.
In Strawberry Moon, we meet Cody Wallace, a young death row inmate only three hours away from execution. His lawyers can't save him, the courts slam the door, and the Governor says no to a last minute request for clemency. As the clock ticks down, Cody has only one final request.
The Sparring Partners are the Malloy brothers, Kirk and Rusty, two successful young lawyers who inherited a once prosperous firm when its founder, their father, was sent to prison. Kirk and Rusty loathe one another, and speak to each other only when necessary. As the firm disintegrates, the fiasco falls into the lap of Diantha Bradshaw, the only person the partners trust. Can she save the Malloys, or does she take a stand for the first time and try to save herself?
July.
Summary Brought to you by Penguin.
Set your pulse raising with the new novel from Norwegian superstar Jørn Lier Horst.
A severed head on a stake, a body in the lake....
Wisting - now a major BBC 4 TV show.
William Wisting is in a race against time....
When a severed head is found on a stake in the quiet town of Larvik, Police Inspector William Wisting is called in to investigate. The only clue? The killer is trying to send a message.
All roads lead back to the Night Man....
As the media closes in on the biggest story of the year, Wisting's journalist daughter Line receives a tip. Soon, it becomes clear that there is more to this case than anyone thought. A criminal network has lodged itself deep into the roots of the city, and it's up to Wisting to take down the elusive and dangerous Night Man.
This is just the beginning....
But hunting down the Night Man will take everything Wisting has, and it's all too easy for the hunter to become the prey....
May.
Summary The chilling new thriller from the best-selling author of The Confession and Dirty Little Secrets.
A luxury resort. Three missing women. One body.
When young London professional Alex Evans is informed that his sister's body has been pulled from an icy lake in Northern Lapland, he assumes his irresponsible sister accidentally drowned. He travels to the wealthy winter resort where Vicky worked as a tour-guide and meets Agatha Koskinen, the detective in charge. Agatha is a no-nonsense single mother of three who already thinks there's more to Vicky's case than meets the eye.
As the two form an unlikely alliance, Alex also begins to suspect the small town where his sister lived and died is harbouring secrets. It's not long before he learns that three other women have gone missing from the area in the past and that his sister may have left him a message.
On the surface, Koppe, Lapland is a winter wonderland. But in this remote, frozen place, death seems only ever a heartbeat away.
I have an Audible account so may make a purchase or two.
I switched from £14.99 for 2 books per month to £109.99 for 24 credits annually. Extra credits are now £11 for three. As a Prime member I can access a free library. I enjoy listening to books. I often listen to one while playing poker, driving, waiting for Mrs Hayes shopping, lying around a pool on holiday, etc. The most popular authors now seem to be making the experience into a performance, rather than just reading the book. Some have a number of narrators. For instance that latest Bosch books will have Titus Welliver reading the Bosch part, and Christine Lakin reading the Renee Ballard part. James MacPherson of Taggart fame does all the Rebus books. I recently listened to a series narrated by Amanda Redman, others by Brian Cox, Robert Glenister, Joanne Froggatt etc. I suppose we are heading towards turning books into radio plays. I think I get more entertainment out of Bosch reading a Bosch book to me, than me just reading it.
Summary The gripping new novel from the author of the Sunday Times top 10 best seller, Waterstones Thriller of the Month, Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month, and Simon Mayo Radio 2 Book Club Choice The Dry.
Five went out. Four came back....
Is Alice here? Did she make it? Is she safe? In the chaos, in the night, it was impossible to say which of the four had asked after Alice's welfare. Later, when everything got worse, each would insist it had been them.
Five women reluctantly pick up their backpacks and start walking along the muddy track. Only four come out the other side.
The hike through the rugged landscape is meant to take the office colleagues out of their air-conditioned comfort zone and teach resilience and team building. At least that is what the corporate retreat website advertises.
Federal Police Agent Aaron Falk has a particularly keen interest in the whereabouts of the missing bushwalker. Alice Russell is the whistle-blower in his latest case - and Alice knew secrets. About the company she worked for and the people she worked with.
Far from the hike encouraging teamwork, the women tell Falk a tale of suspicion, violence and disintegrating trust. And as he delves into the disappearance, it seems some dangers may run far deeper than anyone knew.
Series: Aaron Falk, Book 3 Pre ordered for February. Summary Critically acclaimed international best-selling author Jane Harper returns.
At a busy festival site on a warm spring night, a baby lies alone in her pram, her mother vanishing into the crowds.
A year on, Kim Gillespie’s absence casts a long shadow as her friends and loved ones gather deep in the heart of South Australian wine country to welcome a new addition to the family.
Joining the celebrations is federal investigator Aaron Falk. But as he soaks up life in the lush valley, he begins to suspect this tight-knit group may be more fractured than it seems.
Between Falk’s closest friend, a missing mother and a woman he’s drawn to, dark questions linger as long-ago truths begin to emerge.
An outstanding novel, a brilliant mystery and a heart-pounding story from the author of The Dry, Force of Nature, The Lost Man and The Survivors.
Pre-order your copy now.
Summary The Sunday Times Top 10 Best seller.
Kieran Elliott's life changed forever on a single day when a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences. The guilt that haunts him still resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal town he once called home.
Kieran's parents are struggling in a community which is bound, for better or worse, to the sea that is both a lifeline and a threat. Between them all is his absent brother, Finn.
When a body is discovered on the beach, long-held secrets threaten to emerge in the murder investigation that follows. A sunken wreck, a missing girl and questions that have never washed away....
Summary The Sunday Times top 10 best seller
The 'gripping, atmospheric and ultimately deeply satisfying' (Val McDermid) new novel from Jane Harper, author of the Sunday Times top 10 best sellers - with combined sales of over a half a million copies - The Dry and Force of Nature.
He had started to remove his clothes as logic had deserted him, and his skin was cracked. Whatever had been going through Cameron's mind when he was alive, he didn't look peaceful in death.
Two brothers meet at the remote border of their vast cattle properties under the unrelenting sun of the outback. In an isolated part of Australia, they are each other's nearest neighbour, their homes hours apart.
They are at the stockman's grave, a landmark so old that no one can remember who is buried there. But today, the scant shadow it casts was the last hope for their middle brother, Cameron. The Bright family's quiet existence is thrown into grief and anguish.
Something had been troubling Cameron. Did he choose to walk to his death? Because if he didn't, the isolation of the outback leaves few suspects....
Hirsch is a whistle-blower. Formerly a promising metropolitan officer, now hated and despised. Exiled to a one-cop station in South Australia’s wheatbelt. Threats. Pistol cartridge in the mailbox.
So when he heads up Bitter Wash Road to investigate gunfire and finds himself cut off without backup, there are two possibilities. Either he’s found the fugitive killers thought to be in the area - or his ‘backup’ is about to put a bullet in him.
He’s wrong on both counts. But the events that unfold turn out to be a lot more sinister.
I am becoming a Garry Disher fan. Finished this series.
Dragon Man Peninsula Crime, Book 1 By: Garry Disher Narrated by: Colin McPhillamy Series: Hal Challis, Book 1 Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 01-06-18
Summary Summer on the Peninsula.
The heat’s ramping up, the usual holiday madness building. D.I. Hal Challis is already recycling his shower water and starting to dread Christmas. But this year there’s something more. Women abducted and murdered on the Old Highway. A pall of fear over the scorched paddocks. The media are demanding answers - and Challis’s sleepy beat is set to explode.
Just starting book number 6 of 7. Wyatt series next.
Twenty years ago Charlie Deravin’s mother went missing near the family beach shack—believed murdered; body never found. His father has lived under a cloud of suspicion ever since.
Now Charlie’s back living in the shack in Menlo Beach, on disciplinary leave from his job with the police sex-crimes unit, and permanent leave from his marriage. After two decades worrying away at the mystery of his mother’s disappearance, he’s run out of leads.
Then the skeletal remains of two people are found in the excavation of a new building site—and the past comes crashing in on Charlie.
The Way It Is Now is the enthralling new novel from Garry Disher, one of Australia’s most loved and celebrated crime writers.
Garry Disher Garry Disher has published over fifty 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 longlisted twice for a British CWA Dagger award. In 2018 he received the Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award.
I seem to be in an Australian book phase. The latest is by the author of the Jack Irish novels, which were an excellent tv series. Guy Pearce played the hero. I am looking forward to the next, which is the third in the Aaron Falk series, having really enjoyed The Dry movie. I do enjoy a series. Maybe because you can have the confidence of knowing what you are going to get. I have also read some decent Nordic Noir novels recently. I have been listening to more books while playing poker recently, rather than watching telly. I enjoyed the Garry Disher books. Although I havent started on the Wyatt series yet, as Audible dont currently stock the full series. I think his books have improved as time has gone on.
Summary Broken by his last case, homicide detective Joe Cashin has fled the city and returned to his hometown to run its one-man police station while his wounds heal and the nightmares fade.
He lives a quiet life with his two dogs in the tumbledown wreck his family home has become. It's a peaceful existence - ideal for the rehabilitating man. But his recovery is rudely interrupted by a brutal attack on Charles Bourgoyne, a prominent member of the local community. Suspicion falls on three young men from the local Aboriginal community.
But Cashin's not so sure, and as the case unfolds amid simmering corruption and prejudice, he finds himself holding on to something that it might be better to let go...
Summary Here is the eagerly awaited sequel to the international best-selling The Broken Shore.
At the close of a long day, Inspector Stephen Villani stands in the bathroom of a luxury apartment high above the city. In the glass bath, a young woman lies dead, a panic button within reach. So begins the sequel to Peter Temple's best-selling masterpiece, The Broken Shore, winner of the Gold Dagger for Best Crime Award.
Villani's life is his work. It is his identity, his calling, his touchstone. But now, over a few sweltering summer days, as fires burn across the state and his superiors and colleagues scheme and jostle, he finds all the certainties of his life are crumbling. Truth is a novel about a man, a family, a city. It is about violence, murder, love, corruption, honor and deceit. And it is about truth.
Peter Temple was an award-winning and bestselling Australian crime fiction novelist born in South Africa. He was an international newspaper and magazine editor and journalist. Temple relocated to Sydney, Australia in 1980 and later moved to Melbourne to become the editor of Australian Society magazine. The author has also taught editing, media studies, and journalism at university. He played a crucial role in the creation of the professional editing course at RMIT, Melbourne.
Peter passed away in March 2018.
Temple turned into writing in 1990’s, and his Jack Irish novels (White Dog, Bad Debts, Dead Point, and Black Tide) are set in Melbourne. The books feature unique lawyer-gambler lead character. The author has also written stand alone novels such as Shooting Star, An Iron Rose, In the Evil Day and his books have been published in over 20 countries.
The first two books in Jack Irish series were adapted into a television drama series by the same name. The series featured Guy Pearce as the lead character, who plays the role of Jack Irish, a retired criminal lawyer turned a debt collector and a private investigator. The series premiered on October 14th, 2012. In 2010, Temple won Miles Franklin Award for the novel Truth. Subsequently, The Broken Shore won the 2006 Ned Kelly Award, and 2007 Duncan Lawrie Dagger.
Bad Debts
A retired criminal lawyer Jack Irish is making his way out of the dark period of the life he drifted into after the death of his wife who passed away at the hands of unhappy clients. Trying to overcome his pain and sorrow, he is drowned in alcohol and turns to a gambler betting on the horse racing and a debt collector of serious debts. However there is another side of Jack- somehow sort of therapy, he helps a friend make furniture hence finding a bit of pride and peace of his work. He is a father to Claire, and he tries to stay on the safe side of the law, but however, there are sometimes when he has to cross that border.
As the book opens, Jack checks his telephone to several messages from a client named Danny McKillop whom he once defended in a hit and run accident. He begs Jack to meet him, but unfortunately, Jack does not remember him at the time, and the last message was left several days earlier. Now the curious Jack digs into case files where he discovers that McKillop had been accused as the person accountable for the death of a young activist named Anne Jeppeson a decade earlier. He finds out that McKillop had pleaded guilty as a witness has positively identified him as the driver of the car and hence received a ten-year sentence. Now that he is out, it appears that he want to talk to Jack, and a Jack digs around, he starts to think that probably McKillop was not the person behind the wheel, and little does he know that he is opening the real Pandora’s box. Aided along the way by a beautiful journalist Linda Hillier, it is not long before he finds out that someone is determined to kill in the name of keeping the truth hidden. In a story that is hardcore noir with some added bits of action-packed conspiracy, Jack must navigate between explosions, bullets and the people determined to kill to get the truth and the only problem is that Jack Irish does not know whom to trust.
The first novel in Jack Irish series is a genuine page turner. The story is based in Australia, and the plot is fantastic, and just as something cooled down, there was an embodiment of something about to spiral.
Black Tide
This is the second installment in Jack Irish series, and we meet Jack Irish recovering from this last encounter with the deadly criminal underworld when he agrees to return a favor to Des Connor, an old buddy of his father.
Des shows him the pictures of his mom and dad and fascinates him with stories about his father, the man Jack never fully understood him. Des loaned his son Gary sixty grand, and now he needs back the money to repay the mortgage, and if he is not able to repay the loan, he might be homeless the next day. However, on the other hand, Gary is nowhere to be found, and thus the big-hearted Jack decides to go and find him and get the cash for Des. Just as in the previous debut series novel, Jack’s search for Gary sends him into a dark web of hush-hush organizations, money laundering, kidnappings and finding someone whom he can trust would be like searching for a needle in an ocean of sand. While Jack is in pursuit of the missing son, his lover Linda relocated to Sydney where she lands a new job and apparently a new man as well leaving Jack to wonder about the possibility of a healthy future with her.
Just like its predecessor, Black Ride involves a complex maze of shady operations that will keep you guessing as who is trustworthy and who is not. The author also manages to keep a well-crafted plot. Furthermore, he holds the reins tightly as the vanishing of one many gradually branches out to reveal even more dirty dealings so that such that everything that Jack unravels fits in the entire plotline without having to off the tangents. Additionally, the author also crafts the distinct facets of the Melbourne’s population from the Aussie folks who have lost their local team to the affluent who prefer that the workmen use the back entrance. Even though the basic setup of this novel resemble closely resemble the series debut novel, some unique aspects are entirely distinct from the first book such as characters, and the plot.
Peter Temple is a superb and a prolific detective/mystery writer capable of creating three-dimensional characters, and probably a modern-day Damon Runyon; he is even good with female characters. If you love crime detective novels, then it is recommended that you create a space for Peter Temple novels in your bookshelf.
Are we allowed to include The Famous Five or are we guilty of promoting 50's and 60's racist, sexist, gender conforming stereotypes.
Who knows. What about James Hazell?
www.amazon.co.uk › Hazell-Three-Card-Trick-Terry-VHazell And the Three-Card Trick: Amazon.co.uk: Terry Venables ... Gordon Williams and Terry Venables wrote 3 "Hazell" novels under the pseudonym of P B Yuill in the 1970's, and it's sad there weren't any more - not entirely sure why. You can almost hear
thrillingdetective.com › 9t6cJames Hazell (Hazell) – The Thrilling Detective Web Site “My name is James Hazell and I’m the biggest **** who ever pushed your bell-button.” — from Hazell Plays Solomon When cocky Cockney private eye JAMES HAZELL first showed up in 1974 in the novel The Boneless Keeper, it opened up a whole new era in British crime fiction. No more tea-sipping Inspector Inbred-Jones inquiring into a wee spot of nastiness at the manor, or Millicient Teathorp discovering a corpse in the rose bushes. Nope, Hazell was the real goods, an “American”-style hardboiled **** prowling
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I seem to be in an Australian book phase. The latest is by the author of the Jack Irish novels, which were an excellent tv series. Guy Pearce played the hero. I am looking forward to the next, which is the third in the Aaron Falk series, having really enjoyed The Dry movie. I do enjoy a series. Maybe because you can have the confidence of knowing what you are going to get. I have also read some decent Nordic Noir novels recently. I have been listening to more books while playing poker recently, rather than watching telly. I enjoyed the Garry Disher books. Although I havent started on the Wyatt series yet, as Audible dont currently stock the full series. I think his books have improved as time has gone on.
Summary Broken by his last case, homicide detective Joe Cashin has fled the city and returned to his hometown to run its one-man police station while his wounds heal and the nightmares fade.
He lives a quiet life with his two dogs in the tumbledown wreck his family home has become. It's a peaceful existence - ideal for the rehabilitating man. But his recovery is rudely interrupted by a brutal attack on Charles Bourgoyne, a prominent member of the local community. Suspicion falls on three young men from the local Aboriginal community.
But Cashin's not so sure, and as the case unfolds amid simmering corruption and prejudice, he finds himself holding on to something that it might be better to let go...
Summary Here is the eagerly awaited sequel to the international best-selling The Broken Shore.
At the close of a long day, Inspector Stephen Villani stands in the bathroom of a luxury apartment high above the city. In the glass bath, a young woman lies dead, a panic button within reach. So begins the sequel to Peter Temple's best-selling masterpiece, The Broken Shore, winner of the Gold Dagger for Best Crime Award.
Villani's life is his work. It is his identity, his calling, his touchstone. But now, over a few sweltering summer days, as fires burn across the state and his superiors and colleagues scheme and jostle, he finds all the certainties of his life are crumbling. Truth is a novel about a man, a family, a city. It is about violence, murder, love, corruption, honor and deceit. And it is about truth.
Summary A standalone thriller from the prizewinning queen of Nordic noir and author of the Thora Gudmundsdottir series.
A chilling thriller from the author of The Silence of the Sea, winner of the 2015 Petrona Award for best Scandinavian Crime Novel.
A journalist on the track of an old case attempts suicide. An ordinary couple return from a house swap in the states to find their home in disarray and their guests seemingly missing. Four strangers struggle to find shelter on a windswept spike of rock in the middle of a raging sea. They have one thing in common: they all lied. And someone is determined to punish them....
Why Did You Lie? is a terrifying tale of long-delayed retribution from Iceland's queen of suspense.
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August.
May.
Summary
Three thrilling stories of the law from the master of the legal thriller.
Homecoming takes us back to Ford County, the fictional setting of many of John Grisham's unforgettable stories. Jake Brigance is back, but he's not in the courtroom. He's called upon to help an old friend, Mack Stafford, a former lawyer in Clanton who three years earlier became a local legend when he stole some money from his clients, divorced his wife, filed for bankruptcy, and left his family in the middle of the night, never to be heard from again. Until now. Now Mack is back and he's leaning on his old pals, Jake and Harry Rex, to help him return. His homecoming does not go as planned.
In Strawberry Moon, we meet Cody Wallace, a young death row inmate only three hours away from execution. His lawyers can't save him, the courts slam the door, and the Governor says no to a last minute request for clemency. As the clock ticks down, Cody has only one final request.
The Sparring Partners are the Malloy brothers, Kirk and Rusty, two successful young lawyers who inherited a once prosperous firm when its founder, their father, was sent to prison. Kirk and Rusty loathe one another, and speak to each other only when necessary. As the firm disintegrates, the fiasco falls into the lap of Diantha Bradshaw, the only person the partners trust. Can she save the Malloys, or does she take a stand for the first time and try to save herself?
July.
Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
Set your pulse raising with the new novel from Norwegian superstar Jørn Lier Horst.
A severed head on a stake, a body in the lake....
Wisting - now a major BBC 4 TV show.
William Wisting is in a race against time....
When a severed head is found on a stake in the quiet town of Larvik, Police Inspector William Wisting is called in to investigate. The only clue? The killer is trying to send a message.
All roads lead back to the Night Man....
As the media closes in on the biggest story of the year, Wisting's journalist daughter Line receives a tip. Soon, it becomes clear that there is more to this case than anyone thought. A criminal network has lodged itself deep into the roots of the city, and it's up to Wisting to take down the elusive and dangerous Night Man.
This is just the beginning....
But hunting down the Night Man will take everything Wisting has, and it's all too easy for the hunter to become the prey....
May.
Summary
The chilling new thriller from the best-selling author of The Confession and Dirty Little Secrets.
A luxury resort. Three missing women. One body.
When young London professional Alex Evans is informed that his sister's body has been pulled from an icy lake in Northern Lapland, he assumes his irresponsible sister accidentally drowned. He travels to the wealthy winter resort where Vicky worked as a tour-guide and meets Agatha Koskinen, the detective in charge. Agatha is a no-nonsense single mother of three who already thinks there's more to Vicky's case than meets the eye.
As the two form an unlikely alliance, Alex also begins to suspect the small town where his sister lived and died is harbouring secrets. It's not long before he learns that three other women have gone missing from the area in the past and that his sister may have left him a message.
On the surface, Koppe, Lapland is a winter wonderland. But in this remote, frozen place, death seems only ever a heartbeat away.
Extra credits are now £11 for three.
As a Prime member I can access a free library.
I enjoy listening to books.
I often listen to one while playing poker, driving, waiting for Mrs Hayes shopping, lying around a pool on holiday, etc.
The most popular authors now seem to be making the experience into a performance, rather than just reading the book.
Some have a number of narrators.
For instance that latest Bosch books will have Titus Welliver reading the Bosch part, and Christine Lakin reading the Renee Ballard part.
James MacPherson of Taggart fame does all the Rebus books.
I recently listened to a series narrated by Amanda Redman, others by Brian Cox, Robert Glenister, Joanne Froggatt etc.
I suppose we are heading towards turning books into radio plays.
I think I get more entertainment out of Bosch reading a Bosch book to me, than me just reading it.
Series: Aaron Falk, Book 2
Summary
The gripping new novel from the author of the Sunday Times top 10 best seller, Waterstones Thriller of the Month, Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month, and Simon Mayo Radio 2 Book Club Choice The Dry.
Five went out. Four came back....
Is Alice here? Did she make it? Is she safe? In the chaos, in the night, it was impossible to say which of the four had asked after Alice's welfare. Later, when everything got worse, each would insist it had been them.
Five women reluctantly pick up their backpacks and start walking along the muddy track. Only four come out the other side.
The hike through the rugged landscape is meant to take the office colleagues out of their air-conditioned comfort zone and teach resilience and team building. At least that is what the corporate retreat website advertises.
Federal Police Agent Aaron Falk has a particularly keen interest in the whereabouts of the missing bushwalker. Alice Russell is the whistle-blower in his latest case - and Alice knew secrets. About the company she worked for and the people she worked with.
Far from the hike encouraging teamwork, the women tell Falk a tale of suspicion, violence and disintegrating trust. And as he delves into the disappearance, it seems some dangers may run far deeper than anyone knew.
Series: Aaron Falk, Book 3
Pre ordered for February.
Summary
Critically acclaimed international best-selling author Jane Harper returns.
At a busy festival site on a warm spring night, a baby lies alone in her pram, her mother vanishing into the crowds.
A year on, Kim Gillespie’s absence casts a long shadow as her friends and loved ones gather deep in the heart of South Australian wine country to welcome a new addition to the family.
Joining the celebrations is federal investigator Aaron Falk. But as he soaks up life in the lush valley, he begins to suspect this tight-knit group may be more fractured than it seems.
Between Falk’s closest friend, a missing mother and a woman he’s drawn to, dark questions linger as long-ago truths begin to emerge.
An outstanding novel, a brilliant mystery and a heart-pounding story from the author of The Dry, Force of Nature, The Lost Man and The Survivors.
Pre-order your copy now.
Summary
The Sunday Times Top 10 Best seller.
Kieran Elliott's life changed forever on a single day when a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences. The guilt that haunts him still resurfaces during a visit with his young family to the small coastal town he once called home.
Kieran's parents are struggling in a community which is bound, for better or worse, to the sea that is both a lifeline and a threat. Between them all is his absent brother, Finn.
When a body is discovered on the beach, long-held secrets threaten to emerge in the murder investigation that follows. A sunken wreck, a missing girl and questions that have never washed away....
Summary
The Sunday Times top 10 best seller
The 'gripping, atmospheric and ultimately deeply satisfying' (Val McDermid) new novel from Jane Harper, author of the Sunday Times top 10 best sellers - with combined sales of over a half a million copies - The Dry and Force of Nature.
He had started to remove his clothes as logic had deserted him, and his skin was cracked. Whatever had been going through Cameron's mind when he was alive, he didn't look peaceful in death.
Two brothers meet at the remote border of their vast cattle properties under the unrelenting sun of the outback. In an isolated part of Australia, they are each other's nearest neighbour, their homes hours apart.
They are at the stockman's grave, a landmark so old that no one can remember who is buried there. But today, the scant shadow it casts was the last hope for their middle brother, Cameron. The Bright family's quiet existence is thrown into grief and anguish.
Something had been troubling Cameron. Did he choose to walk to his death? Because if he didn't, the isolation of the outback leaves few suspects....
Finished this series.
Wyatt series next.
Twenty years ago Charlie Deravin’s mother went missing near the family beach shack—believed murdered; body never found. His father has lived under a cloud of suspicion ever since.
Now Charlie’s back living in the shack in Menlo Beach, on disciplinary leave from his job with the police sex-crimes unit, and permanent leave from his marriage. After two decades worrying away at the mystery of his mother’s disappearance, he’s run out of leads.
Then the skeletal remains of two people are found in the excavation of a new building site—and the past comes crashing in on Charlie.
The Way It Is Now is the enthralling new novel from Garry Disher, one of Australia’s most loved and celebrated crime writers.
Garry Disher
Garry Disher has published over fifty 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 longlisted twice for a British CWA Dagger award. In 2018 he received the Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award.
https://garrydisher.com/
The latest is by the author of the Jack Irish novels, which were an excellent tv series.
Guy Pearce played the hero.
I am looking forward to the next, which is the third in the Aaron Falk series, having really enjoyed The Dry movie.
I do enjoy a series.
Maybe because you can have the confidence of knowing what you are going to get.
I have also read some decent Nordic Noir novels recently.
I have been listening to more books while playing poker recently, rather than watching telly.
I enjoyed the Garry Disher books.
Although I havent started on the Wyatt series yet, as Audible dont currently stock the full series.
I think his books have improved as time has gone on.
Summary
Broken by his last case, homicide detective Joe Cashin has fled the city and returned to his hometown to run its one-man police station while his wounds heal and the nightmares fade.
He lives a quiet life with his two dogs in the tumbledown wreck his family home has become. It's a peaceful existence - ideal for the rehabilitating man. But his recovery is rudely interrupted by a brutal attack on Charles Bourgoyne, a prominent member of the local community. Suspicion falls on three young men from the local Aboriginal community.
But Cashin's not so sure, and as the case unfolds amid simmering corruption and prejudice, he finds himself holding on to something that it might be better to let go...
Summary
Here is the eagerly awaited sequel to the international best-selling The Broken Shore.
At the close of a long day, Inspector Stephen Villani stands in the bathroom of a luxury apartment high above the city. In the glass bath, a young woman lies dead, a panic button within reach. So begins the sequel to Peter Temple's best-selling masterpiece, The Broken Shore, winner of the Gold Dagger for Best Crime Award.
Villani's life is his work. It is his identity, his calling, his touchstone. But now, over a few sweltering summer days, as fires burn across the state and his superiors and colleagues scheme and jostle, he finds all the certainties of his life are crumbling. Truth is a novel about a man, a family, a city. It is about violence, murder, love, corruption, honor and deceit. And it is about truth.
Peter passed away in March 2018.
Temple turned into writing in 1990’s, and his Jack Irish novels (White Dog, Bad Debts, Dead Point, and Black Tide) are set in Melbourne. The books feature unique lawyer-gambler lead character. The author has also written stand alone novels such as Shooting Star, An Iron Rose, In the Evil Day and his books have been published in over 20 countries.
The first two books in Jack Irish series were adapted into a television drama series by the same name. The series featured Guy Pearce as the lead character, who plays the role of Jack Irish, a retired criminal lawyer turned a debt collector and a private investigator. The series premiered on October 14th, 2012. In 2010, Temple won Miles Franklin Award for the novel Truth. Subsequently, The Broken Shore won the 2006 Ned Kelly Award, and 2007 Duncan Lawrie Dagger.
Bad Debts
A retired criminal lawyer Jack Irish is making his way out of the dark period of the life he drifted into after the death of his wife who passed away at the hands of unhappy clients. Trying to overcome his pain and sorrow, he is drowned in alcohol and turns to a gambler betting on the horse racing and a debt collector of serious debts. However there is another side of Jack- somehow sort of therapy, he helps a friend make furniture hence finding a bit of pride and peace of his work. He is a father to Claire, and he tries to stay on the safe side of the law, but however, there are sometimes when he has to cross that border.
As the book opens, Jack checks his telephone to several messages from a client named Danny McKillop whom he once defended in a hit and run accident. He begs Jack to meet him, but unfortunately, Jack does not remember him at the time, and the last message was left several days earlier. Now the curious Jack digs into case files where he discovers that McKillop had been accused as the person accountable for the death of a young activist named Anne Jeppeson a decade earlier. He finds out that McKillop had pleaded guilty as a witness has positively identified him as the driver of the car and hence received a ten-year sentence. Now that he is out, it appears that he want to talk to Jack, and a Jack digs around, he starts to think that probably McKillop was not the person behind the wheel, and little does he know that he is opening the real Pandora’s box. Aided along the way by a beautiful journalist Linda Hillier, it is not long before he finds out that someone is determined to kill in the name of keeping the truth hidden. In a story that is hardcore noir with some added bits of action-packed conspiracy, Jack must navigate between explosions, bullets and the people determined to kill to get the truth and the only problem is that Jack Irish does not know whom to trust.
The first novel in Jack Irish series is a genuine page turner. The story is based in Australia, and the plot is fantastic, and just as something cooled down, there was an embodiment of something about to spiral.
Black Tide
This is the second installment in Jack Irish series, and we meet Jack Irish recovering from this last encounter with the deadly criminal underworld when he agrees to return a favor to Des Connor, an old buddy of his father.
Des shows him the pictures of his mom and dad and fascinates him with stories about his father, the man Jack never fully understood him. Des loaned his son Gary sixty grand, and now he needs back the money to repay the mortgage, and if he is not able to repay the loan, he might be homeless the next day. However, on the other hand, Gary is nowhere to be found, and thus the big-hearted Jack decides to go and find him and get the cash for Des. Just as in the previous debut series novel, Jack’s search for Gary sends him into a dark web of hush-hush organizations, money laundering, kidnappings and finding someone whom he can trust would be like searching for a needle in an ocean of sand. While Jack is in pursuit of the missing son, his lover Linda relocated to Sydney where she lands a new job and apparently a new man as well leaving Jack to wonder about the possibility of a healthy future with her.
Just like its predecessor, Black Ride involves a complex maze of shady operations that will keep you guessing as who is trustworthy and who is not. The author also manages to keep a well-crafted plot. Furthermore, he holds the reins tightly as the vanishing of one many gradually branches out to reveal even more dirty dealings so that such that everything that Jack unravels fits in the entire plotline without having to off the tangents. Additionally, the author also crafts the distinct facets of the Melbourne’s population from the Aussie folks who have lost their local team to the affluent who prefer that the workmen use the back entrance. Even though the basic setup of this novel resemble closely resemble the series debut novel, some unique aspects are entirely distinct from the first book such as characters, and the plot.
Peter Temple is a superb and a prolific detective/mystery writer capable of creating three-dimensional characters, and probably a modern-day Damon Runyon; he is even good with female characters. If you love crime detective novels, then it is recommended that you create a space for Peter Temple novels in your bookshelf.
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