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A Cliff Hardy Novel
1980-
series - author
novel
short story
(number
38
in series)
Issue Details:
First known date:
2013...
2013
The Dunbar Case
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'Private Investigator Cliff Hardy's 39th case sees him leaving the mean streets of Sydney for Newcastle, investigating what a famous 19th century shipwreck has to do with a multi-million dollar heist with a cast of characters that shouldn't be trusted.
This wasn't Hardy's usual brief--uncover the mysteries of a nineteenth-century shipwreck--but he could do with an easy case and the retainer was generous. But is it ever that simple? Not with a notorious crime family tearing itself apart, and an undercover cop playing both sides against the middle. These and an alluring but fiercely ambitious female journalist give Hardy all the trouble he can handle. 'Ever feel manipulated?' Hardy asks. The body count mounts up as he pushes closer to the truth about the mystery and the loot.' (Publisher's blurb)
This wasn't Hardy's usual brief--uncover the mysteries of a nineteenth-century shipwreck--but he could do with an easy case and the retainer was generous. But is it ever that simple? Not with a notorious crime family tearing itself apart, and an undercover cop playing both sides against the middle. These and an alluring but fiercely ambitious female journalist give Hardy all the trouble he can handle. 'Ever feel manipulated?' Hardy asks. The body count mounts up as he pushes closer to the truth about the mystery and the loot.' (Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Dedication: For Stephen Wallace
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Epigraph:
Gloomy cliffs so worn and wasted, with the
washing of the waves,
Are ye not like giant tombstones round
those lonely ocean graves?
- 'Drowned at Sea', by Henry Kendall (1839-1882)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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Peter Corris : The Dunbar Case
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 350 2013;
— Review of The Dunbar Case 2013 single work novel -
The Godfather : Peter Corris on Gongs and Milestones
2013
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , March 2013; -
History with a Mystery in the Making
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 February 2013; (p. 27)
— Review of The Dunbar Case 2013 single work novel -
Private Eye Puts in Some Hardy Yards on Familiar Street
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9-10 February 2013; (p. 30-31)
— Review of The Dunbar Case 2013 single work novel -
What's Not to Like
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 February 2013; (p. 20-21)
— Review of The Dunbar Case 2013 single work novel
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Untitled
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5-6 January 2013; (p. 22)
— Review of The Dunbar Case 2013 single work novel -
What's Not to Like
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2-3 February 2013; (p. 20-21)
— Review of The Dunbar Case 2013 single work novel -
Private Eye Puts in Some Hardy Yards on Familiar Street
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9-10 February 2013; (p. 30-31)
— Review of The Dunbar Case 2013 single work novel -
History with a Mystery in the Making
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 9 February 2013; (p. 27)
— Review of The Dunbar Case 2013 single work novel -
Peter Corris : The Dunbar Case
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 350 2013;
— Review of The Dunbar Case 2013 single work novel -
The Godfather : Peter Corris on Gongs and Milestones
2013
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , March 2013; -
A Year of Experimentation: Australian Fiction Moving On
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 58 no. 1 2013; (p. 92-108)
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