The Greenwich Apartments

Cliff Hardy #8

by Peter Corris

Is brilliant young filmmaker Carmel Wise the innocent victim of gangland violence or is she enmeshed in a pornography racket as the press and the police imply Carmel's businessman father hires Cliff Hardy to find the real reason 'the video girl' was shot dead outside the Greenwich Apartments in Kings Cross. Hardy follows a trail which is broken but clear - houses and flats with the power on and the rent paid, stand empty; photographs and other documents lead to Lionel Darcy, owner of the Champagne Cabaret; banks and business houses will supply just enough information to keep Hardy warm. The trail takes him to the sunny peninsula, leafy Lane Cove and the industrial waterfront. Hardy finds that every question and every answer has to be paid for in pain and fear. And to some questions there may be no answers at all . . .

Genres: Crime, Fiction, Australia, Mystery

173 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Peter Corris was an Australian academic, historian, journalist and a novelist of historical and crime fiction. His first novel was published in 1980. Corris is credited with reviving the fully-fledged Australian crime novel with local settings and reference points and with a series character firmly rooted in Australian culture, Sydney PI Cliff Hardy. As crime fiction writer, he was described as "the Godfather of contemporary Australian crime-writing".

He won the Lifetime Achievement award at the Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing in 1999 and was shortlisted for best novel in 2006 for Saving Billy and in 2007 for The Undertow.

Reviews

[Gary Vassallo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great page turner from Peter Corris. I love reading the Cliff Hardy mysteries.

[Warwick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another early and good Cliff Hardy investigation. A lot of insight into Cliff as a person and PI. Also his part time girlfriend, Helen.

[Maddy · Rating 4 out of 5]

RATING: 3.5

[Gavan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another great Cliff Hardy book. Always entertaining, always well written. I'm going to miss this series when I have finished reading them all!

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun to read about the city of Sydney in the early 80s.

[Mumbler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maybe not as good as the last few which I loved. But good. The "Shetland Island" sequence was excellent. The climax was good.

[Peter Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A comfortable little potboiler to lead you back into eighties Sydney.