Australian Books

Beware of the Dog by Peter Corris

Title: Beware of the DogAuthor: Peter CorrisPages: 191Published Date: 1992Publisher: Allen & UnwinSeries Details: 15th book in the Cliff Hardy seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisThe woman was dangerous, even over the phone. Cliff Hardy knew he should have listened to his instincts when he first met Paula Wilberforce.Instead he becomes embroiled in a high-society family …

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Aftershock by Peter Corris

Title: AftershockAuthor: Peter CorrisPages: 227Published Date: 7 August 1991Publisher: Allen & UnwinSeries Details: 14th book in the Cliff Hardy seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisWhen Oscar Bach’s body was found crushed under rubble, his death was classified as another tragic statistic of the Newcastle earthquake. So how could he have been seen alive five minutes after the …

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Wet Graves by Peter Corris

Title: Wet GravesAuthor: Peter CorrisPages: 242Published Date: 1991Publisher: Allen & UnwinSeries Details: 13th book in the Cliff Hardy seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisSomeone’s trying to cancel Cliff Hardy’s licence, and he needs to find out why.He also needs to work out why the case of missing schoolteacher Brian Madden keeps leading him back over fifty …

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Pride’s Harvest by Jon Cleary

Title: Pride’s HarvestAuthor: Jon ClearyPages: 288Published Date: 1991Publisher: HarperCollinsSeries Details: 8th book in the Scobie Malone seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisThe body of Japanese industrialist Kenji Sagawa was found in one of his firm’s own threshing machines at the cotton gin that had brought prosperity, but also tension, to the little country town of Collamundra. When …

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The Chase by Candice Fox

Title: The ChaseAuthor: Candice FoxPages: 327Published Date: 30 March 2021Publisher: Bantam AustraliaSeries Details: stand aloneBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisAre you listening, Warden?’‘What do you want?’‘I want you to let them out.’‘Which inmates are we talking about?’‘All of them.’When more than 600 of the world’s most violent human beings pour out from Pronghorn Correctional Facility into …

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The Escape Room by Megan Goldin

Title: The Escape RoomAuthor: Megan GoldinPages: 361Published Date: 30 July 2019Publisher: St Martins PressSeries Details: stand aloneBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisWelcome to the escape room. Your goal is simple. Get out alive.In the lucrative world of finance, Vincent, Jules, Sylvie, and Sam are at the top of their game. They’ve mastered the art of the …

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O’Fear by Peter Corris

Title: O’FearAuthor: Peter CorrisPages: 218Published Date: 1990Publisher: Allen & UnwinSeries Details: 12th book in the Cliff Hardy seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisEverybody liked Barnes Todd: ex-Korean War veteran, slightly dodgy businessman, good drinking mate. When he was wiped out in a car south of Sydney, people were lining up to say how sorry they were. …

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Wild Dogs by Michael Trant

Title: Wild DogsAuthor: Michael TrantPages: 353Published Date: 1 February 2022Publisher: Bantam AustraliaSeries Details: stand aloneBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisIn the drought-ridden rangelands of Western Australia, Gabe Ahern makes his living trapping wild dogs for local station owners.Still coming to terms with his wife’s death – and the part he played in it – the old …

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