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Mischance Creek

The gripping new book in the bestselling Australian crime series (Hirsch series 5)

Garry Disher

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Text Publishing Company
04 August 2026
Now in a smaller format paperback, Mischance Creek is the latest in the bestselling Australian rural crime series featuring beloved local copper Hirsch.

'Hirsch is one of my favourite characters...

Unmissable.' Hayley Scrivenor, author of Dirt Town

'Disher is the gold standard for rural noir.' Chris Hammer

'Disher is one of this country's finest writers.' Tony Birch

Hirsch is checking firearms. The regular police audit- all weapons secured, ammo stored separately, no unauthorised person with keys to the gun safe. He's checking people, too. The drought is hitting hard in the mid-north, and Hirsch is responsible for the welfare of his scattered flock of battlers, bluebloods, loners and miscreants.

He isn't usually called on for emergency roadside assistance. But with all the other services fully stretched, it's Hirsch who has to grind his way out beyond the Mischance Creek ruins to where some clueless tourist has run into a ditch.

As it turns out, though, Annika Nordrum isn't exactly a tourist. She's searching for the body of her mother, who went missing seven years ago. And the only sense in which she's clueless is the lack of information unearthed by the cops who phoned in the original investigation.

Hirsch owes it to Annika to help, doesn't he? Not to mention that tackling a cold case beats the hell out of gun audits and admin...

PRAISE-

'Another gripping read...' BookPeople

'Mischance Creek confirms Disher's place as one of Australia's great crime writers.' Cheryl Akle, Australian

'A master at controlling his material, taking his readers along the dusty, rutted roads that always pop up when we expect bitumen smoothness. But it's a journey worth taking, for the pure joy of the writing.' Herald Sun

'This is a terrific read. It works as a standalone, but really - why stop there? The 'Hirsch' series is that good.'

4.5 stars

Good Reading Magazine
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Imprint:   Text Publishing Company
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 1mm,  Width: 1mm, 
Weight:   1g
ISBN:   9781923670044
ISBN 10:   1923670042
Pages:   448
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming

Garry Disher has published sixty titles across multiple genres. With a growing international reputation for his best-selling crime novels, he has won four German and three Australian awards for best crime novel of the year, and been longlisted twice for a British CWA Dagger award. In 2018 he received the Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award.

Reviews for Mischance Creek: The gripping new book in the bestselling Australian crime series (Hirsch series 5)

‘Mischance Creek confirms Disher’s place as one of Australia’s great crime writers.’ * Cheryl Akle, Australian * 'Garry Disher is the doyen of the outback crime novel and his latest about South Australian police constable Paul ‘Hirsch’ Hirschhausen, Mischance Creek, once more sets the standard for the genre.’ * Canberra Weekly * ‘Hirsch is one of my favourite characters…Unmissable.’ * Hayley Scrivenor, author of Dirt Town * ‘Disher is the gold standard for rural noir.’ * Chris Hammer * ‘Disher is one of this country’s finest writers.’ * Tony Birch * ‘A giant not only of crime fiction but of Australian letters.’ * Ned Kelly Awards * ‘A master at controlling his material, taking his readers along the dusty, rutted roads that always pop up when we expect bitumen smoothness. But it’s a journey worth taking, for the pure joy of the writing.’ * Herald Sun * ‘This is a terrific read. It works as a standalone, but really – why stop there? The ‘Hirsch’ series is that good.’ [4.5 stars] * Good Reading Magazine * ‘The characters are stark, the emotions of the big dry – quiet despair, hope and endurance – jump off the pages. Authentic Aussie crime writing at its best.’ [5 stars] * SA Weekend * ‘Another gripping read…’ * BookPeople *


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