Consolation
The third book in the bestselling Australian crime series, winner of the 2021 Best Crime Fiction Ned Kelly Award
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4.2 • 182 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Hirsch is back, in his most challenging case yet. Order your copy of MISCHANCE CREEK now.
In Consolation, Tiverton’s only police officer Constable Paul Hirschhausen is dealing with a snowdropper. Someone is stealing women’s underwear, and Hirsch knows how that kind of crime can escalate. Then two calls come in: a teacher who thinks a child may be in danger at home. A father on the rampage over at the primary school.
Hirsch knows how things like that can escalate, too. Families under pressure. Financial problems. But it’s always a surprise when the killing starts.
Garry Disher has published over fifty 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.
‘Disher is the gold standard for rural noir.’ Chris Hammer
‘Peter Temple and Garry Disher will be identified as the crime writers who redefined Australian crime fiction in terms of its form, content and style.’ Sydney Morning Herald
‘Well written and very entertaining, Consolation cements Disher’s place as the master of outback noir.’ Canberra Weekly
‘This is a book that cannot be praised enough… Read it.’ Herald Sun
Customer Reviews
Stretches Credulity
The serious crimes, and social problems that are shown in this story suit a major metropolitan area suffering from a major economic downturn, not the small country town that it is set in. The writing itself is laden with many snide and judgemental remarks and peppered with characters who are spiteful, jealous, passive aggressive, and otherwise unpleasant. The story was an ugly and disjointed mess without redeeming features. Although written by someone who can describe plot setting and characters well, the subject matter of those descriptions is unlikely to be worthy of a read.