Consolation: Constable Hirsch Mysteries 3

*** SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB STAR PICK ***\r\n*** WINNER OF THE NED KELLY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ***\r\n\r\nA superb chronicler of cop culture - SUNDAY TIMES\r\n\r\nDisher is the gold standard for rural noir - CHRIS HAMMER\r\n\r\nOne of Australias finest writers - THE TIMES\r\n________________________________________\r\n\r\nSMALL CRIMES CAN HAVE TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES\r\n\r\nWinter in Tiverton, and Constable Paul Hirschhausen has a snowdropper on his patch. Someone is stealing womens 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.\r\n\r\nHirsch knows how things like that can escalate, too. An absent father who isnt where hes supposed to be; another who flees to the back country armed with a rifle. Families under pressure can break. But its always a surprise when the killing starts.\r\n\r\nA hugely atmospheric police procedural set in the dust of the Australian outback. Perfect for readers of Jane Harper, Chris Hammer and Dervla McTiernan.\r\n________________________________________\r\n\r\nThe Hirsch novels are Dishers finest work - DOMINIC NOLAN\r\n\r\nThis is a book that cannot be praised enough. Read it - HERALD SUN\r\n\r\nPeter Temple and Garry Disher will be identified as the crime writers who redefined Australian crime fiction - SYDNEY MORNING HERALD