A Hal Challis Investigation: Chain of Evidence (Series #4) (Paperback)

from AnnieMod

One of the biggest strengths of this series is the setting - so different from anything else I had read, so Australian. This book looses this - yes, it is still in the same place but it does not feel as different as before - the places and the crimes could have happened anywhere. But that is not ...

from PhilipJHunt

Detective stories set in a familiar, if fictional, milieu very like Westernport, Victoria. Disher writes strong characters with a clear sense of place. The plot of this one is double-barrelled, both with pleasant twists and turns and wrapped up without a strand loose. Part of a series, the back s...

from jepeters333

As Challis heads for an isolated outback town to visit his terminally ill father, Destry receives word that 10-year-old Katy Blasko never arrived home from school the day before. Tough and focused, Destry assumes command of a team of constables, but nagging performance anxiety requires she keep i...

from jepeters333

As Challis heads for an isolated outback town to visit his terminally ill father, Destry receives word that 10-year-old Katy Blasko never arrived home from school the day before. Tough and focused, Destry assumes command of a team of constables, but nagging performance anxiety requires she keep i...

from Scrabblenut

An excellent police procedural set in Australia. Garry Disher has been compared to Ian Rankin and Peter Robinson, and based on this book, I agree. The characters are complex and the mystery is excellent. This is the 4th book in this series, and I plan to go back and read the others.