Inspector Challis Mysteries: The Dragon Man (Paperback)

from Romonko

This series was recommended to me by Goodreads. I am a fan of police procedurals and I like reading them set in different countries. This one is set in Australia in and around the small town of Waterloo, and it introduces Inspector Hal Challis. He's a hands-on copper who likes to restore old airp...

from kerns222

Pretty close to 5 stars. Disher throws characters at you, but they are not difficult to keep straight. Sometimes you think half of Australia is going to show up. Even with all the folks running around in the book, it feels like it was plotted on a logic map. I didn't mind that, but I like the mor...

from Skybalon

Nice minimalist mystery with fairly complex characters. Author to his credit doesn't attempt to wrap up anything other than the main mystery. Complicated characters have issues that all are not completely worked out by the end of the novel but that doesn't make it any less satisfying.

from laytonwoman3rd

This is the first "Hal Challis Investigation" in a series that now contains 7 novels featuring Australian Detective Inspector Hal Challis, and Sergeant Ellen Destry. The dragon of the title is a vintage airplane Challis rebuilds in his spare time. I enjoyed this police procedural very much. In st...

from AnnieMod

The problem with reading series out of order is that you know that some things will happen. But even with this, The Dragon Man works - the mystery works, the life on the peninsula is hinted at, allowing later books to expand and use this as a base and the inner workings of the police department a...