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'Stripped of his private detective licence and devastated by the murder of his partner Lily Truscott, Cliff Hardy travels to the US to help Lily's brother's tilt for a world boxing title. In San Diego he suffers a heart attack and undergoes a quadruple bypass. He meets nurse Margaret McKinley, an expatriate Australian who is concerned about the disappearance in Sydney of her father - renowned geologist Dr Henry McKinley.
'Hardy takes on the investigation, and it turns out that McKinley had discovered a way to tap into the massive Sydney basin aquifer, a possible solution to the city's water problems. Working with Margaret and his daughter Megan, Hardy confronts an old enemy and opposing forces of big business bent on exploiting the discovery - and prepared to kill for it.
'Energised by the case and by his attachment to Margaret, Hardy obeys the strict rules for the restoration of his health - but in pursuing the truth and the malefactors, he makes his own rules.'
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- Sound recording.
- Large print.
- Dyslexic edition.
Works about this Work
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[Review] Deep Water
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Publisher's Weekly , 27 September vol. 257 no. 38 2010; (p. 36-37)
— Review of Deep Water 2009 single work novel -
[Review] Deep Water
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Booklist , 15 October vol. 107 no. 4 2010; (p. 23-24)
— Review of Deep Water 2009 single work novel -
The Latest Word
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , March no. 18 2010; (p. 55)
— Review of Deep Water 2009 single work novel -
[Review] Deep Water
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April vol. 88 no. 7 2009; (p. 27)
— Review of Deep Water 2009 single work novel -
Familiar Faces, New Cases
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 May 2009; (p. 27)
— Review of Blood Moon 2009 single work novel ; Deep Water 2009 single work novel ; Murder on a Midsummer Night : A Phryne Fisher Mystery 2008 single work novel
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Aussie Trio Leads the Plotters
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 April 2009; (p. 14)
— Review of Blood Moon 2009 single work novel ; Deep Water 2009 single work novel ; The Iron Heart 2009 single work novel -
Familiar Faces, New Cases
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 May 2009; (p. 27)
— Review of Blood Moon 2009 single work novel ; Deep Water 2009 single work novel ; Murder on a Midsummer Night : A Phryne Fisher Mystery 2008 single work novel -
[Review] Deep Water
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April vol. 88 no. 7 2009; (p. 27)
— Review of Deep Water 2009 single work novel -
The Latest Word
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , March no. 18 2010; (p. 55)
— Review of Deep Water 2009 single work novel -
[Review] Deep Water
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Booklist , 15 October vol. 107 no. 4 2010; (p. 23-24)
— Review of Deep Water 2009 single work novel -
Life Writes Its Way into Character
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 19 April 2009; (p. 10-11) Marc McEvoy writes that Peter Corris's surgery to 'rewire two arteries from his heart' provided 'great fodder' for the novel Deep Water.
Awards
- 2009 winner Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing — Best Novel Joint winner with Kel Robertson, Smoke & Mirrors.
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cUnited States of America (USA),cAmericas,
- Sydney, New South Wales,