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Torn Apart

Peter Corris

9781742371399

Allen & Unwin


Fiction & Literature; Crime & mystery

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240 pages

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Cliff Hardy has never been much of a family man, so when he meets his second cousin Patrick Malloy it's like being hit with a left hook to the solar plexus - Malloy is his double. Cliff and his cousin become friends and travel to attend a gathering of the Irish Travell - the gypsy-like folk from whom they are descended. On their return, Malloy is brutally murdered - but was the shotgun blast intended for him or for Hardy? Hardy is de-licensed, semi-retired, but this investigation is personal. The plot becomes still more personal when Malloy's ex-wife, Sheila, comes on to the scene. Hardy has his own enemies and Malloy's to consider as he searches for the killer. Clues point in many directions - to Sheila's motives, to Malloy's suspect business dealings, to his time as a mercenary in Angola. The search takes Hardy north to a paramilitary training camp and south to a meeting of Traveller descendants in Kangaroo Valley. Other players have other interests and their playing style is ruthless.

Cliff Hardy has never been much of a family man, so when he meets his second cousin Patrick Malloy it's like being hit with a left hook to the solar plexus - Malloy is his double. Cliff and his cousin become friends and travel to attend a gathering of the Irish Travell - the gypsy-like folk from whom they are descended. On their return, Malloy is brutally murdered - but was the shotgun blast intended for him or for Hardy? Hardy is de-licensed, semi-retired, but this investigation is personal. The plot becomes still more personal when Malloy's ex-wife, Sheila, comes on to the scene. Hardy has his own enemies and Malloy's to consider as he searches for the killer. Clues point in many directions - to Sheila's motives, to Malloy's suspect business dealings, to his time as a mercenary in Angola. The search takes Hardy north to a paramilitary training camp and south to a meeting of Traveller descendants in Kangaroo Valley. Other players have other interests and their playing style is ruthless.

By:   Peter Corris
Imprint:   Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   332g
ISBN:  

9781742371399


ISBN 10:   1742371396
Series:   Cliff Hardy #34
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   December 2009
Audience:   General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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Peter Corris has been writing his best-selling Cliff Hardy detective stories for thirty years. He has written many other books, including a very successful biography of Fred Hollows and a collection of short stories revolving around the game of golf.

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