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Is part of A Cliff Hardy Novel Peter Corris , 1980- series - author novel short story (number 34 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Deep Water
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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.'

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2009 .
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      Extent: 214p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published: 1st April 2009
      ISBN: 9781741756777

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Large print.
  • Dyslexic edition.

Works about this Work

[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 Peter Corris , 2009 single work novel
[Review] Deep Water David Pitt , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Booklist , 15 October vol. 107 no. 4 2010; (p. 23-24)

— Review of Deep Water Peter Corris , 2009 single work novel
The Latest Word Susan Errington , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , March no. 18 2010; (p. 55)

— Review of Deep Water Peter Corris , 2009 single work novel
[Review] Deep Water Anastasia Gonis , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April vol. 88 no. 7 2009; (p. 27)

— Review of Deep Water Peter Corris , 2009 single work novel
Familiar Faces, New Cases Jeff Glorfeld , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 May 2009; (p. 27)

— Review of Blood Moon Garry Disher , 2009 single work novel ; Deep Water Peter Corris , 2009 single work novel ; Murder on a Midsummer Night Kerry Greenwood , 2008 single work novel
Aussie Trio Leads the Plotters Jeff Popple , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 11 April 2009; (p. 14)

— Review of Blood Moon Garry Disher , 2009 single work novel ; Deep Water Peter Corris , 2009 single work novel ; The Iron Heart Marshall Browne , 2009 single work novel
Familiar Faces, New Cases Jeff Glorfeld , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 May 2009; (p. 27)

— Review of Blood Moon Garry Disher , 2009 single work novel ; Deep Water Peter Corris , 2009 single work novel ; Murder on a Midsummer Night Kerry Greenwood , 2008 single work novel
[Review] Deep Water Anastasia Gonis , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , April vol. 88 no. 7 2009; (p. 27)

— Review of Deep Water Peter Corris , 2009 single work novel
The Latest Word Susan Errington , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , March no. 18 2010; (p. 55)

— Review of Deep Water Peter Corris , 2009 single work novel
[Review] Deep Water David Pitt , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Booklist , 15 October vol. 107 no. 4 2010; (p. 23-24)

— Review of Deep Water Peter Corris , 2009 single work novel
Life Writes Its Way into Character Marc McEvoy , 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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