***ONE OF THE TIMES BEST CRIME BOOKS OF 2021*** *** WINNER OF THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST
CRIME NOVEL *** *** THE SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB STAR PICK *** 'A superb chronicler of cop
culture' - SUNDAY TIMES 'The greatness of Garry Disher' IAN RANKIN 'The equal of Joseph
Wambaugh and James Lee Burke' - THE TIMES ________________________________________ SMALL
CRIMES CAN HAVE TERRIBLE CONSEQUENCES Winter in Tiverton and Constable Paul Hirschhausen has
a snowdropper on his patch. Someone is stealing women's 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. Hirsch knows how things like that
can escalate too. An absent father who isn't where he's supposed to be another who flees to
the back country armed with a rifle. Families under pressure can break. But it's always a
surprise when the killing starts. A hugely atmospheric police procedural set in the dust of
the Australian outback. Perfect for readers of Jane Harper Chris Hammer and Dervla McTiernan.
________________________________________ 'Disher is the gold standard for rural noir' - CHRIS
HAMMER 'The Hirsch novels are Disher's finest work' - DOMINIC NOLAN 'This is a book
that cannot be praised enough. Read it' - HERALD SUN 'Peter Temple and Garry Disher will be
identified as the crime writers who redefined Australian crime fiction' - SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
