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Consolation

(2021)
(The third book in the Paul Hirschhausen series)
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Awards
2021 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel

***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

Genre: Mystery

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