Day's End is the latest novel in the Australian rural crime series by critically acclaimed author Garry Disher, featuring beloved local copper Hirsch.
Hirsch's rural beat 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. In the time of the virus, 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.
Day's End is the latest novel in the Australian rural crime series by critically acclaimed author Garry Disher, featuring beloved local copper Hirsch.
Hirsch's rural beat 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. In the time of the virus, 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.
Garry Disher has published fifty titles across multiple genres. He has won multiple German Crime Prize and Ned Kelly awards, including the Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award.
'Hirsch is one of my favourite characters. Day’s End is
unmissable.’
*Hayley Scrivenor, author of Dirt Town*
‘Enjoyable and engaging, a book you don’t want to put down.’
*David Grigg, Through the Biblioscope*
‘[In Day’s End] the characters are depicted with nuance and emotion
and even the minor players feel very fleshed out and real. Disher’s
ear for dialogue is pitch perfect and his pacing and sustained
tension make for a page-turning read.’
*Cass Moriarty*
‘By setting his action in a small community, Disher is able to
explore a number of disparate threads without anything feeling
contrived or forced…Day’s End is another great rural crime
novel.’
*Robert Goodman, Pile by the Bed*
‘Garry Disher is not just a master of this genre but is also the
social chronicler of our times with contemporary Australia
reflected in his work…Hirsch is seeing social cracks in his
community with the pressure of the pandemic…A book of our
times!’
*Fairfield Books*
‘For a cracking good read with a clever plot and relatable hero,
Day’s End is another winner for Garry Disher and for Australian
rural noir.’
*Good Reading*
‘Disher manages to describe [Hirsch] as a very believable, fair
person who takes his duties, both of solving crimes and watching
over vulnerable people very seriously. [Hirsch] is intelligent and
observant, and his wry comments alleviate the underlying tension in
the story…There are many layers to Day’s End…[it] is a great
read.’
*ReadPlus*
‘Day's End, with its complex plot and empathetic policeman, is
crime fiction at its best…culminat[ing] in an ending that took this
reader's breath away.’
*Anna Creer, Canberra Times*
‘Garry Disher is the master of Australian crime fiction…Day's End,
is more of the good stuff.’
*Sally Pryor, Canberra Times*
‘Well written and very powerful, Day's End once more confirms
Disher’s place as the master of outback noir.’
*Canberra Weekly*
‘[Day’s End, the] latest from the prolific and highly acclaimed
Australian crime writer [Garry Disher] is a new instalment in his
popular series centred on Paul “Hirsch” Hirschhausen…In true Disher
style, it’s a tightly plotted rural noir…wind[ing] its way towards
a satisfying conclusion.’
*West Australian*
‘Disher is a master at controlling his material, taking his readers
along the dusty, rutted roads that always pop up when we expect
bitumen smoothness. But it’s a journey worth taking, for the pure
joy of the writing.’
*Herald Sun*
‘Disher once again masterfully soaks readers in the millieu of
rural Australia, delivering a riveting crime tale centred on a
likeable hero, threaded with relevant issues.’
*New Zealand Listener*
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