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Profile Books Snapshot Hal Challis Investigation 3 (The Hal Challis Investigations).
'A superb chronicler of cop culture' - SUNDAY TIMES
'Disher is the gold standard for rural noir' - CHRIS HAMMER
'The equal of Joseph Wambaugh and James Lee Burke' - THE TIMES
A MOTHER'S SECRETS CAN BE DEADLY
Winter is closing in on the Mornington Peninsula, and the coastal community of Waterloo are looking for ways to keep warm. But things start to heat up for Detective Inspector Hal Challis when Janine McQuarrie is shot in a quiet country lane, her terrified daughter watching from the car.
But as the compromising discoveries of the McQuarries' personal lives come to light, Challis and Sergeant Ellen Destry are faced with another complication - the victim's bureaucrat, golfer and their Superintendent. It seems everyone has something to hide this winter. But can the secrets be uncovered before a killer strikes again?
From the multiple Ned Kelly Award-winning author of Consolation and Day's End comes the third Hal Challis investigation, for readers of Jane Harper, Ian Rankin and Chris Hammer.
'Disher is the gold standard for rural noir' - CHRIS HAMMER
'The equal of Joseph Wambaugh and James Lee Burke' - THE TIMES
A MOTHER'S SECRETS CAN BE DEADLY
Winter is closing in on the Mornington Peninsula, and the coastal community of Waterloo are looking for ways to keep warm. But things start to heat up for Detective Inspector Hal Challis when Janine McQuarrie is shot in a quiet country lane, her terrified daughter watching from the car.
But as the compromising discoveries of the McQuarries' personal lives come to light, Challis and Sergeant Ellen Destry are faced with another complication - the victim's bureaucrat, golfer and their Superintendent. It seems everyone has something to hide this winter. But can the secrets be uncovered before a killer strikes again?
From the multiple Ned Kelly Award-winning author of Consolation and Day's End comes the third Hal Challis investigation, for readers of Jane Harper, Ian Rankin and Chris Hammer.
432 pages, Paperback
Published July 3, 2025
About the author
Garry Disher
93 books751 followersGarry Disher was born in 1949 and grew up on his parents' farm in South Australia.
He gained post graduate degrees from Adelaide and Melbourne Universities. In 1978 he was awarded a creative writing fellowship to Stanford University, where he wrote his first short story collection. He travelled widely overseas, before returning to Australia, where he taught creative writing, finally becoming a full time writer in 1988. He has written more than 40 titles, including general and crime fiction, children's books, textbooks, and books about the craft of writing.
He gained post graduate degrees from Adelaide and Melbourne Universities. In 1978 he was awarded a creative writing fellowship to Stanford University, where he wrote his first short story collection. He travelled widely overseas, before returning to Australia, where he taught creative writing, finally becoming a full time writer in 1988. He has written more than 40 titles, including general and crime fiction, children's books, textbooks, and books about the craft of writing.
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