Day's End
Published on 3. August 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-80081-737-1 (ISBN)
Description
'Disher is the gold standard for rural noir' CHRIS HAMMER
'The equal of Joseph Wambaugh and James Lee Burke' THE TIMES
'A superb chronicler of cop culture' SUNDAY TIMES
WHEN HATE RUNS DEEP, THE INNOCENT SUFFER
Constable Paul Hirschausen's rural beat in the low hills of South Australia is wide. Daybreak to day's end, dirt roads and dust. Every problem that besets small towns and isolated properties, from unlicensed driving to arson.
But now, just as Hirsch has begun to feel he knows the fragile communities under his care, the isolation and fear of the pandemic have warped them into something angry and unrecognisable. Hirsch is seeing stresses heightened and social divisions cracking wide open. His own tolerance under strain; people getting close to the edge.
Today he's driving an international visitor around: Janne Van Sant, whose backpacker son went missing while the borders were closed. They're checking out his last photo site, his last employer. A feeling that the stories don't quite add up.
Then a call comes in: a roadside fire. Nothing much - a suitcase soaked in diesel and set alight - but two noteworthy facts emerge. Janne knows more than Hirsch about forensic evidence. And the body in the suitcase is not her son's.
From the multiple Ned Kelly Award-winning author of Consolation comes a stunning new thriller, for readers of Jane Harper, Ian Rankin and Chris Hammer.
'The equal of Joseph Wambaugh and James Lee Burke' THE TIMES
'A superb chronicler of cop culture' SUNDAY TIMES
WHEN HATE RUNS DEEP, THE INNOCENT SUFFER
Constable Paul Hirschausen's rural beat in the low hills of South Australia is wide. Daybreak to day's end, dirt roads and dust. Every problem that besets small towns and isolated properties, from unlicensed driving to arson.
But now, just as Hirsch has begun to feel he knows the fragile communities under his care, the isolation and fear of the pandemic have warped them into something angry and unrecognisable. Hirsch is seeing stresses heightened and social divisions cracking wide open. His own tolerance under strain; people getting close to the edge.
Today he's driving an international visitor around: Janne Van Sant, whose backpacker son went missing while the borders were closed. They're checking out his last photo site, his last employer. A feeling that the stories don't quite add up.
Then a call comes in: a roadside fire. Nothing much - a suitcase soaked in diesel and set alight - but two noteworthy facts emerge. Janne knows more than Hirsch about forensic evidence. And the body in the suitcase is not her son's.
From the multiple Ned Kelly Award-winning author of Consolation comes a stunning new thriller, for readers of Jane Harper, Ian Rankin and Chris Hammer.
Reviews / Votes
As well-written as its predecessors... Garry Disher's work is not to be sneezed at * The Times * Disher's ability to create atmosphere and threat in the wide open spaces of South Australia rivals James Lee Burke's in the bayous of Louisiana, and that is no small feat... Regularly called Australia's king of crime, here, Disher underlines his exceptional talent * Daily Mail * Australian crime, once barely noticed in the UK, is accruing a devoted following [and] Garry Disher is top of the tree * Financial Times * Day's End has everything I need in a crime novel - the writing is taut and immediate, there's a wonderful sense of landscape and community, an engaging and humane hero, and a plot that twists in the most satisfying possible way. It's also a compelling tale for our time -- Ann Cleeves, author of THE LONG CALL Wonderfully written, gut-wrenching, brilliant characterisation -- Sam Holland, author of THE ECHO MAN Hirsch is one of my favourite characters. Day's End is unmissable -- Hayley Scrivenor, author of DIRT TOWN Another superlative Hirsh novel. Disher uses Covid to drill down into how people's fears can be weaponized, and how online predation intersects with theft and ethnic nationalism. Funny, moving and thoughtful -- Dominic Nolan, author of VINE STREET Master of Aussie noir * Crime Fiction Lover * PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR'A superb chronicler of cop culture * Sunday Times * Disher is the equal of Joseph Wambaugh and James Lee Burke * The Times *
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Main
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Profile Books Ltd
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Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
254 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80081-737-1 (9781800817371)
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Garry Disher has published fifty titles across multiple genres and is best known as Australia's King of Crime. He has won the Deutscher Krimi Preis four times and the Ned Kelly Award three times. In 2018 he received the Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award.