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Detective Inspector Hal Challis
1999
series - author
novel
(number
6
in series)
Issue Details:
First known date:
2011...
2011
Whispering Death
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'Hal Challis is in trouble at home and abroad: carpeted by the boss for speaking out about police budget cuts; missing his lover, Ellen Destry, who is overseas on a study tour.
'But there's plenty to keep his mind off his problems. A rapist in a police uniform stalks Challis's Peninsula beat, there is a serial armed robber headed in his direction and a home invasion that's a little too close to home. Not to mention a very clever, very mysterious female cat burglar who may or may not be planning something on Challis's patch.
'Meanwhile, at the Waterloo Police Station, Challis finds his offsiders have their own issues. Scobie Sutton, still struggling with his wife's depression, seems to be headed for a career crisis; and something very interesting is going on between Constable Pam Murphy and Jeanne Schiff, the feisty young sergeant on secondment from the Sex Crimes Unit.
'In his sixth Peninsula murder mystery, Garry Disher keeps the tension and intrigue ramped up exquisitely on multiple fronts, while he takes his regular characters in compelling new directions. Disher is a grand master of the police procedural, operating at the peak of his craft.' (From the publisher's website.)
'But there's plenty to keep his mind off his problems. A rapist in a police uniform stalks Challis's Peninsula beat, there is a serial armed robber headed in his direction and a home invasion that's a little too close to home. Not to mention a very clever, very mysterious female cat burglar who may or may not be planning something on Challis's patch.
'Meanwhile, at the Waterloo Police Station, Challis finds his offsiders have their own issues. Scobie Sutton, still struggling with his wife's depression, seems to be headed for a career crisis; and something very interesting is going on between Constable Pam Murphy and Jeanne Schiff, the feisty young sergeant on secondment from the Sex Crimes Unit.
'In his sixth Peninsula murder mystery, Garry Disher keeps the tension and intrigue ramped up exquisitely on multiple fronts, while he takes his regular characters in compelling new directions. Disher is a grand master of the police procedural, operating at the peak of his craft.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication: For Jo Tapper
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Untitled
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , August no. 390 2012; (p. 30)
— Review of Whispering Death 2011 single work novel -
Crime File : Graeme Blundell
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 July 2012; (p. 29)
— Review of Whispering Death 2011 single work novel -
Fiction
2012
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 1 July 2012; (p. 22)
— Review of Whispering Death 2011 single work novel -
Felons Are Put in Their Place
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 October 2011; (p. 35)
— Review of Whispering Death 2011 single work novel ; Chelsea Mansions 2011 single work novel -
Shelf Life : Crime
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 13 September 2011; (p. 6)
— Review of Whispering Death 2011 single work novel
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Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May vol. 90 no. 8 2011; (p. 43)
— Review of Whispering Death 2011 single work novel -
Review : Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2-3 July 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of Whispering Death 2011 single work novel -
Review of the Week
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 10 July 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of Whispering Death 2011 single work novel -
Well Read
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 6 August 2011; (p. 27)
— Review of Whispering Death 2011 single work novel ; Chelsea Mansions 2011 single work novel -
Off the Shelf : Crime Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 13 August 2011; (p. 34)
— Review of Whispering Death 2011 single work novel -
Between the Lines
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 24 July 2011; (p. 20)
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Settings:
- Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne, Victoria,
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