Synopses & Reviews
“Delightful. . . . BUY IT.”—
New York Magazine “Engrossing.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred)
“Moody, inventive, and extremely hard to put down.”—Booklist (starred)
“The story is full of unexpected twists and brilliant clues.”—Library Journal (starred)
Hal Challis’ sister summons him back to the small town where he grew up; his father is dying. While Challis’ past comes back to haunt him, Ellen Destry is left to find a serial pedophile before he strikes again.
Garry Disher is the author of over forty books for adults and children. Chain of Evidence won the 2007 Ned Kelly Prize for Best Australian Crime Novel.
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Winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel Inspector Hal Challis has been summoned to his boyhood home, Mawson's Bluff in the Australian Outback, where his father is dying. There his past comes back to haunt him . . . and endanger his life. Meanwhile, a serial pedophile is on the loose on the Mornington Peninsula, and Sergeant Ellen Destry, who is left to head up the area's Crime Investigation Unit, must find a little girl who was abducted from the fairgrounds at the annual Waterloo Show before it is too late.
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Winner of the 2007 Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel
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Garry Disher is one of Australia's best-known novelists. He's published over forty books in a range of genres, including crime, children's books, and Australian history.
Chain of Evidence, won the Ned Kelly Award for best Australian crime novel. His Wyatt crime series is also published in the US by Soho Crime. He lives on the Mornington Peninsula, southeast of Melbourne.
From the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
Garry Disher is the author of over forty books for adults and children. The first in his Detective Inspector Challis murder mystery series, The Dragon Man, won the German Crime Fiction Critics Prize in 2001. Chain of Evidence, another book in the series, won the Ned Kelly Award for best Australian crime novel.