Blood Moon - Hardcover

Disher, Garry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1569475636 ISBN 13: 9781569475638

Publisher: Soho Crime, 2009

Synopsis

Praise for Garry Disher:

“[A] first-rate Australian author.”—The New York Times Book Review

“While many readers want their thrillers with gouts of gore and endless gunplay, for me, a writer like Disher—old-fashioned in the best sense of the term—is the most satisfying. The humanity that his officers bring to the story, their interactions, their doggedness and determination, are the real reasons to give his series a try.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Delightful. . . . BUY IT!”—New York Magazine

“Engrossing. Disher builds his books carefully, creating inexorable tension. . . . Reads you can't put down.”—St. Petersburg Times

“Disher has a slick, fast style that's delightfully free of filler and extraneous plotlines. Once the hook is set, he just lets the story pull you along.”—Globe & Mail (Toronto)

“[Disher] has packed this police procedural with the kind of detail that enthralls fans of the genre and with deftly sketched characters.”—Ft. Worth Star-Telegram

“Disher creates the kind of complex, edgy, principled yet flawed characters it’s a pleasure to worry about.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Challis and his team investigate the brutal beating of the chaplain of a prestigious school and the murder of the woman in charge of punishing local land use violations. But will Hal Challis and Ellen Destry’s new romantic relationship interfere with their work?

Garry Disher is the author of over forty books for adults and children. The previous mystery in the Inspector Hal Challis series, Chain of Evidence, won the Ned Kelly Award for best Australian crime novel.

About this title

Product Description:

Blood Moon Love and death on Australia's Mornington Peninsula. Full description

Review:

Praise for Blood Moon

"Excellent."
--Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

"Garry Disher's terrific, no-nonsense police procedurals set in rough-and-ready Australia remind me of Ed McBain's gold-standard 87th Precinct books."
--The Seattle Times

"A fine detective novel."
--The Globe and Mail

"A superior police procedural . . . The personal interactions among Challis and his colleagues will quickly engage even newcomers."
--Publishers Weekly

Praise for the Inspector Hal Challis series

"This series boasts careful, realistic casework, but there's enough darkness and ambiguity to suit John Harvey fans and a kind of which-way-is-up sense of the police force that recalls early James Ellroy. Moody, inventive, and extremely hard to put down."
--Booklist

About this edition

• Publisher: Soho Crime
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1569475636
• ISBN 13: 9781569475638
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 314