The dragon man

Garry Disher

£9.99

Summer on the Mornington Peninsula near Melbourne. The heat’s ramping up, the usual holiday madness building. Detective Inspector Hal Challis is already recycling his shower water and starting to dread Christmas. But this year there’s something more. Women abducted and murdered on the Old Highway. The media are demanding answers.

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Publish Date: 13/02/2025

Description

* AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 *’A master storyteller’ – GUARDIAN’A superb chronicler of cop culture’ – SUNDAY TIMES’The equal of Joseph Wambaugh and James Lee Burke’ – THE TIMES THERE’S DANGER ON THE OPEN ROADSummer is approaching on the Mornington Peninsula. The heat is ramping up, a drought has been forecast, and Detective Inspector Hal Challis is already recycling his shower water and dreading the upcoming holiday madness. But then he’s called to the sleepy town of Waterloo, where there’s something more to fear. Women are being abducted and murdered, their bodies found along the Old Highway. The media demand answers, and with a team who cause as much trouble as they solve, Challis is under increasing pressure. But this killer’s business is far from over… From the multiple Ned Kelly Award-winning author of Consolation and Day’s End comes the first Hal Challis investigation, for readers of Jane Harper, Ian Rankin and Chris Hammer.

Additional information

Weight 242 g
Dimensions 196 × 128 × 26 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

384

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K