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'I reached gingerly to the back of my head and felt the blood in my hair and the tenderness underneath it. How do they check if a footballer's concussed? Ask him if knows what day it is. I thought I did. I was pretty sure.
An old flame, Glen Withers, has come back into Cliff Hardy's life - but this time it's strictly business.
'Former policewoman Glen is now a PI too, and with a much classier clientele than Cliff's - she's been told 'money's no object' by her latest, a wealthy family from Sydney's eastern suburbs. Together, Cliff and Glen take on the case of Rodney St John Harkness, recent inmate of a mental institution and a recovering alcoholic with a murky, possibly murderous, history. But Glen is also a recovering alcoholic - and the combination proves disastrous.
'When Rod and Glen vanish, Hardy finds himself in a race against time to untangle Harkness' tortured past and find the pair. The trail leads up to the central coast and some of Sydney's best known beaches. Will Cliff be in time, or will the 'salty tang of blood' fill the air?' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For James Hall, once again, who helped to get it all started.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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- Sound recording.
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Works about this Work
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Reviews
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Crime Factory , November no. 8 2002; (p. 54)
— Review of Salt and Blood : A Cliff Hardy Novel 2002 single work novel -
Crimefile
2002
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 31 August 2002; (p. 7) -
Finger on the Pulse
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 August-1 September 2002; (p. 12)
— Review of Salt and Blood : A Cliff Hardy Novel 2002 single work novel -
Inquiring Minds
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 27 August vol. 120 no. 6339 2002; (p. 72)
— Review of Salt and Blood : A Cliff Hardy Novel 2002 single work novel ; Murder in Montparnasse 2002 single work novel -
Enigma Shrugs Onward
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 August 2002; (p. 12)
— Review of Salt and Blood : A Cliff Hardy Novel 2002 single work novel
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Reviews
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: Crime Factory , November no. 8 2002; (p. 54)
— Review of Salt and Blood : A Cliff Hardy Novel 2002 single work novel -
Hardy by Name, Hardy by Nature
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 28 July 2002; (p. 10)
— Review of Salt and Blood : A Cliff Hardy Novel 2002 single work novel -
Two Taut Tales of the Mean Streets
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 August 2002; (p. 16)
— Review of Salt and Blood : A Cliff Hardy Novel 2002 single work novel ; Blood Redemption 2002 single work novel -
Enigma Shrugs Onward
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 August 2002; (p. 12)
— Review of Salt and Blood : A Cliff Hardy Novel 2002 single work novel -
Inquiring Minds
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 27 August vol. 120 no. 6339 2002; (p. 72)
— Review of Salt and Blood : A Cliff Hardy Novel 2002 single work novel ; Murder in Montparnasse 2002 single work novel -
Crimefile
2002
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 31 August 2002; (p. 7)
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