Sanctuary
From the international bestselling author of the Hirsch series
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
Hirsch is back, in his most challenging case yet. Order your copy of MISCHANCE CREEK now.
A thrilling new standalone set in regional SA, from one of Australia's most esteemed crime authors.
Grace is a thief: a good one. She was taught by experts and she’s been practising since she was a kid. She specialises in small, high-value items—stamps, watches—and she knows her Jaeger-LeCoultres from her Patek Philippes. But it’s a solitary life, always watchful, always moving. It’s not the life she wants.
Lying low after a run-in with an old associate, Grace walks into Erin Mandel’s rural antiques shop and sees a chance for something different. A normal job. A place to call home.
But someone is looking for Erin. And someone’s looking for Grace, too.
And they are both, in their own ways, very dangerous men.
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.
‘His novels are busy, a complete world in themselves. Yes, there are capers and car chases, but they are multilayered, full of humanity, nuanced, evocative of place and covering the panoply of alarming social issues.’ Guardian
‘Disher is arguably Australia’s greatest living crime writer…Sanctuary is a carefully crafted story of many skilfully interwoven strands…A disturbing story about predatory angry men and their victims.’ Canberra City News
‘Disher cleverly weaves tension throughout the story and builds suspense…Readers who enjoy Hayley Scrivenor, Shelley Burr and Jane Harper should enjoy the thrilling Sanctuary.’ Books+Publishing
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the start of Disher's exciting if somewhat contrived latest (after Mischance Creek), two former criminal associates—Adam Garrett and Grace—unexpectedly cross paths at a Brisbane stamp expo. After meeting in a western Sydney orphanage, they spent years as partners in crime stealing watches and other valuables. Their union unraveled after Det. Sgt. Galt arrested Grace during a botched robbery and blackmailed her into leaving Adam and carrying out thefts on his behalf. Grace has since shot Galt and gone on the run, and seeing Adam—though the two don't speak—makes her flee the expo and double down on hiding. She changes her name and takes a job at an antique store in a quiet country town, striking up a friendship with its owner, Erin, and hoping she's finally found a measure of stability. When a mechanic performing a routine repair on the store's car discovers tracking devices, however, Grace's vigilance intensifies—and the more she learns about Erin, the more she realizes her new friend is running from demons of her own. Disher keeps the narrative taut without skimping on character development, but the plot's dependence on coincidence undercuts some of the suspense. Still, this should satisfy the author's fans.
