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Published by Bantam Books, 1992
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. Sydney:WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE - SOFT COVER EDITION-MARKS ON SIDE AND SOME FOXING DUE TO AGE- Bantam Books, 1992 Used It was an impulse buy in a Charing Cross bookshop ? Walking Across the World: The Life and Travels of Basil Craft, MBE But from the moment he started reading it… Vic Bright?s journalist?s instinct told him it would make a great filmOnce Bright and his journalist partner, Marsha Prentiss, start researching the project, it soon becomes apparent that all was not right with the brothers Craft The expeditions were real enough ? the Crafts in fact were travellers out of their time, undertaking, without modern aids, some of the most hazardous journeys known to man, surviving storms, battles with local tribes and renegades, as well as incredible heat and cold But they were not the amateur explorers they made themselves out to be, and as Vic and Marsha trace the brothers? extraordinary journeys from Marrakech and the Sahara to Death Valley in Arizona and finally the Gibson Desert in Australia, they find little that talli.
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Published by Bantam Books, 1990
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Fair. Sydney, WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE - SOFT COVER EDITION-SOME FOXING AND DISCOLOURING ON INSIDE COVER PAGE - DUE TO AGE NSW: Bantam Books, 1990 Used Sweeping from 18th-century London to the early days of Australia, from the Russian Revolution to the golden days of Hollywood, here i…s a magnificent novel of a captivating family whose wealth will finally be measured in the 1980s with the proposed sale of a long-lost painting.
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Published by Unwin, 1987
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. Sydney: WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE - SOFT COVER EDITIONUnwin, 1987 Used The godfather of Australian crime fiction' Politician Peter January is having trouble staying alive so he hires Cliff Hardy to help him Hardy dislikes the role of politician's 'security consultant' but he disl…ikes bombers, hit men and hatemailers even more Protecting January leads to protecting his assistant, Trudi Bell, which is a more enjoyable assignment It also takes Hardy to Washington DC where the threats are real and the rules are different To stand close to January is to stand close to danger and corruption, but there are even greater evils and Hardy cannot back away 'Cliff Hardy is as Australian as two-up and Fosters'.
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Published by Transworld Publishing, 1998
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. London: WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE - SOFT COVER EDITIONTransworld Publishing, 1998 Used This is an omnibus edition featuring three Cliff Hardy titles: Wet Graves; Beware of the Dog; and BasinoPeter Robert Corris was an Australian academic, historian, journalist and a novelist of h…istorical and crime fiction As crime fiction writer, he was described as "the Godfather of contemporary Australian crime-writing", particularly for his Cliff Hardy novels.
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Published by Angus & Robertson, 1991
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. North Ryde, NSW, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1991 Used Labyrinth of deception within the intelligence community, racial politics and revenge.
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Published by Bantam, 1997
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. Sydney: WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE - SOFT COVER EDITIONBantam, 1997 Used The godfather of Australian crime fiction' A collection of fast-paced, gritty stories from Australia's best-loved crime writer In stories that range from Sydney's mean back streets to its glittering but deadl…y harbour, Corris's hero Cliff Hardy comes up against a range of villains - along with clients who are not always what they seem.
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Published by Allen & Unwin, 2006
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. London: USED- WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE - SOFT COVER EDITION - PROR OWNER NAME ON INSIDE PAGEAllen & Unwin, 2006 Used In his latest investiagion, private eye Cliff Hardy comes to the aid of retired senior policeman and longtime friend, Frank Parker Haunted by a case from his earl…y career involving two doctors, Parker needs Hardy to uncover the truth and find out if one of the doctors, now deceased, was wrongly convicted and if Parker was blinded by the passion he had for the presumed-guilty doctor s wife Granite-faced Hardy discovers that teasing out the truth is not easy as he sorts through old memories, aging names and faces, and his friend s guilt while encountering the likes of dodgy plastic surgeons, a broken-down ex-copper, a voyeuristic cripple, and a hired hit man who wields a mean baseball bat Animosities, arrogance, and ambition create a dangerous spider s web around this reluctant hero as Hardy searches for the hard truth".
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Published by Bantam Books, 1992
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. Sydney: Bantam Books,WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE - SOFT COVER EDITION 1992 Used The godfather of Australian crime fiction' Newcastle is a stretch for Cliff Hardy from Sydney's mean streets, and following up the mystery of Oscar Bach's death means he has to cover some unfamiliar and… dangerous ground Bach's death was classified as another tragic statistic from the Newcastle earthquake - but how could he have been seen alive five minutes afterwards? The quiet and unassuming Oscar was not all he seemed, and several people want to prevent Hardy from probing into his past However, he finds support, and more, from policewoman Glen Withers and together they attempt to uncover the truth.
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Published by Bantam Books, 1990
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. Sydney:WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE - SOFT COVER EDITION Bantam Books, 1990 Used When Todd Barnes, war veteran and popular drinking mate, leaves Cliff Hardy a tidy sum to find out who killed him, Hardy can hardly refuse - and he needs the money Todd's widow and some of his cronies a…re not always cooperative, however, and it's hard to tell friends from enemies, especially when it comes to the mysterious Kevin O'Fearna, known as O'Fear Hardy's battered Falcon takes him from the familiar mean streets of Sydney to equally dangerous bushland, where he's on his own up against heavy odds A not-unfamiliar situation for Sydney's most enduring private investigator.
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Published by Angus & Robertson, 1993
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Fair. WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE - -SOFT COVER PAPERBACK - SLIGHT PAGE DISCOLOURING / FOXING AND SOME MARKS DUE TO AGE Pymble, NSW, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1993 Used One of the bayonets came to rest just below my Adam's apple I looked down at the shiny steel and then slowly looked… along the length of the rifle barrel up into the face of my executioner He wore thick glasses with metal rims and he had gold fillings in his teeth I could see the teeth because he was smiling' All Richard Browning expects is to go through the motions of making a propaganda film, wear an officer's uniform, stay in a few fancy hotels and enjoy the fleshpots of war-time Sydney Instead, he is forced to slog through the Queensland jungle, dodge bullets and bombs and endure the discomforts of a military prison As Browning ducks and weaves in and out of trouble, his companions in strife are 'Harry' Kaminaga, Hawaiian-born Japanese soldier, and Ushi Tanvier, Darlinghurst prostitute His friendship with the hell-raising actor, Peter Finch, offers him some prospect of escape from his problems, but his enemies in Military Intelligence and among the blackmarket racketeers of the big smoke don't see why he should survive World War II Coming home wasn't meant to be like this.
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Published by Unwin Paperbacks, 1986
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. Sydney: Unwin Paperbacks, WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE - SOFT COVER EDITION-SOME FOXING DUE TO AGE -1986 Used Cliff Hardy starts out to help a friend but before long he's looking for an enemy - William Mountain: boozer, TV scriptwriter, would-be novelist who is missing and searching… for adventure Mountain is the dealer in a deadly game and the hands he deals become more and more bizarre.
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Published by Allen & Unwin, 2010
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. Crows Nest,WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE - SOFT COVER EDITION NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2010 Used He's semi-retired and de-licensed, but Cliff Hardy is once again fighting for justice and tracking down evil when his cousin is brutally murdered?did the shotgun blast find its target, or was…it meant for Hardy? Hardy has never been much of a family man, so when he meets his second cousin Patrick Malloy it's like being hit with a left hook to the solar plexus?Malloy is his double Cliff and his cousin become friends and travel to attend a gathering of the Irish Travellers, the gypsy-like folk from whom they are descended On their return, Malloy is brutally murdered?but perhaps the shotgun blast was intended for Hardy He is semi-retired, but this investigation is personal The plot becomes still more personal when Malloy's ex-wife, Sheila, comes onto the scene Hardy has his own enemies and Malloy's to consider as he searches for the killer Clues point in many directions?to Sheila's motives, to Malloy's suspect business dealings, and to his time as a mercenary in Angola The search takes Hardy north to a paramilitary training camp and south to a meeting of Traveller descendants in Kangaroo Valley Other players have other interests and their playing style is ruthless.
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Published by Text Publishing, 2012
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. London: WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE - -SOFT COVER PAPERBACK Text Publishing, 2012 Used The villain was in custody as they say, but villains were coming out of the woodwork and the past was sending out tentacles which were winding around the necks of people living and dying in the p…resent It's a dying trade I'm in Meet Cliff Hardy Smoker, drinker, ex-boxer And private investigator When the wealthy Bryn Gutteridge hires Hardy to help his sister, it looks as if blackmail is the problem Until the case becomes more brutal, twisted and shocking than even Hardy could have guessed.
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Published by Allen & Unwin, 1984
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. London: WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE - SOFT COVER EDITION-SOME FOXING DUE TO AGE -Allen & Unwin, 1984 Used The godfather of Australian crime Fiction'Cliff Hardy is in action again: trying to keep one step ahead of his client's troubles - and his ownHe goes from sleazy backstreets to… boardrooms in skyscrapers - dealing with everyone from fashion models and teenage junkies to urban developers and crooked funeral directors Some are friendly, some try to kill himHardy copes, with his guts and his savvy; and all for a hundred and twenty-five dollars a day (plus expenses).
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Published by Allen & Unwin, 2012
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. Crows Nest,USED- WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE - SOFT COVER EDITION -WRITING ON INSIDE PAGE - NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2012 Used Cliff Hardy has his licence back - but does he still have what it takes to cut it as a PI on the streets of Sydney? Cliff reckons the skills are still there, if… a little rusty, and actor Bobby Forrest's case looks promising As well as a complex client who may not be all he seems, the players include his compelling lover, a rejected, threatening woman and various media power brokers When Bobby is killed Hardy becomes the client of his father, a man with a shady past and his own problems with the law A range of suspects and motives test Hardy's powers, as his investigations take him through inner Sydney, the city's west, the central coast and the Wollondilly Plains He encounters prostitutes, corporate movers and shakers, cops, and a would-be golf guru A media magnate's kick-boxing assistant poses a threat and only Hardy's experience, resilience, and persistence bring him to a shock understanding of what it has all been about.
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Published by Allen & Unwin Australia, 2009
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. London: WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE - -SOFT COVER PAPERBACK Allen & Unwin Australia, 2009 Used Winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction 2009 Stripped of his private detective licence and devastated by the murder of his partner Lily Truscott, Cliff Hardy travels to the U…S 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 McKinleyHardy 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 acquifier, 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 itEnergised 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.
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Published by Allen & Unwin, 2013
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. Crows Nest, USED- WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE - SOFT COVER EDITION -NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2013 Used The godfather of Australian crime Fiction'This wasn't Hardy's usual brief--uncover the mysteries of a nineteenth-century shipwreck--but he could do with an easy case and the retainer w…as generousBut is it ever that simple? Not with a notorious crime family tearing itself apart, and an undercover cop playing both sides against the middle These and an alluring but fiercely ambitious female journalist give Hardy all the trouble he can handle'Ever feel manipulated?' Hardy asks The body count mounts up as he pushes closer to the truth about the mystery and the loot.
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Published by Allen & Unwin, 2007
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. Crows Nest, WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE - -SOFT COVER PAPERBACKNSW: Allen & Unwin, 2007 Used The godfather of Australian crime Fiction'Stripped of his investigator's licence and with his appeal denied, Cliff Hardy faces an uncertain future Then something very personal happens that…sends him off doing what he does best - confronting, questioning, provoking violence - with the lack of credentials not an issueIs policewoman Jane Farrow bent or straight? Will vertically challenged but charismatic media star Lee Townsend be a help or an obstacle? Taking and dealing out punishment, mostly on Sydney's North Shore, Hardy encounters corrupt cops, bereft wives and computer geeks In a shadowy showdown at Balmoral Beach, Hardy sorts out those who need to be sorted, but his future remains even more clouded than before'Corris is a tried and true crime writer Until you've read the Cliff Hardy series, you can't call yourself an aficionado of Aussie detective Fiction' - The Age'Hardy has grown into a vulnerable and engaging human being Cheap motels are still his milieu' - The Weekend Australian.
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Published by Allen & Unwin, 2014
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. Allen & Unwin,WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE - SOFT COVER EDITION-MARKS ON SIDE AND SOME FOXING DUE TO AGE 2014 Used The godfather of Australian crime fiction' When Cliff Hardy signs on as a bodyguard for charismatic populist Rory O'Hara, who is about to embark on a campaign of social… and political renewal, it looks like a tricky job - O'Hara has enemies A murder and a kidnapping cause the campaign to fall apart Hired to investigate the murder, Hardy uncovers hidden agendas among O'Hara's staff as well as powerful political and commercial forces at work His investigation takes him from the pubs and brothels of Sydney to the heart of power in Canberra and the outskirts of Darwin There he teams up with a resourceful indigenous private detective and forms an uneasy alliance with the beautiful Penelope Marinos, formerly O'Hara's PA A rogue intelligence agent becomes his target and Hardy stumbles upon a terrible secret that draws them into a violent - and disturbing - confrontation.
