***ONE OF THE TIMES BEST CRIME BOOKS OF 2021***
*** WINNER OF THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL ***
*** THE SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB STAR PICK ***
'A superb chronicler of cop culture' - SUNDAY TIMES
'The greatness of Garry Disher' IAN RANKIN
'The equal of Joseph Wambaugh and James Lee Burke' - THE TIMES
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SMALL CRIMES CAN HAVE TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES
Winter in Tiverton, and Constable Paul Hirschhausen has a snowdropper on his patch. Someone is stealing women's underwear, and Hirsch knows how that kind of crime can escalate. Then two calls come in: a child abandoned in a caravan, filthy and starving. And a man on the rampage at the primary school.
Hirsch knows how things like that can escalate, too. An absent father who isn't where he's supposed to be; another who flees to the back country armed with a rifle. Families under pressure can break. But it's always a surprise when the killing starts.
A hugely atmospheric police procedural set in the dust of the Australian outback. Perfect for readers of Jane Harper, Chris Hammer and Dervla McTiernan.
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'Disher is the gold standard for rural noir' - CHRIS HAMMER
'The Hirsch novels are Disher's finest work' - DOMINIC NOLAN
'This is a book that cannot be praised enough. Read it' - HERALD SUN
'Peter Temple and Garry Disher will be identified as the crime writers who redefined Australian crime fiction' - SYDNEY MORNING HERALD