Saving Billie (Cliff Hardy series) [Paperback]

Peter Corris (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2006 | Series: Cliff Hardy series

Private investigator Cliff Hardy tackles one of his most difficult cases yet in this gripping detective novel that finds him in the far southwestern suburbs of Sydney. When a journalist hires him to find Billie Merchant, a woman with incriminating information about media-giant Joanas Clement and who is being tracked by both Clement and Clement's rival, Barclay Greaves, Hardy must work hard to stay one step ahead. After Hardy tracks her down, he must juggle her self-destructive behaviors while negotiating his escape from Clement and Greaves. Set against the backdrop of a federal election campaign, all outcomes are uncertain in this gritty, action-packed story full of colorful characters and close calls

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For readers not yet familiar with Australian detective Cliff Hardy, the North American release of this novel offers an excellent opportunity to meet one of the more engaging sleuths on the international beat. In Saving Billie, Hardy is hired by a journalist to find out what happened to a missing source. Billie Marchant has information about media bigwig Jonas Clement, or so she claims. Soon enough, saving Billie becomes a potentially deadly endeavor. Caught between Clement and his archrival, both of whom are hell-bent on finding the missing woman, it takes all of Hardy's skills to keep himself, his client, and his quarry in one piece. David Pitt
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I don't know how many Cliff Hardy novels there are, but there aren't enough.' Kerry Greenwood, Sydney Morning Herald. Hardy is a wonderful creation still, under Corris's magisterial narrative control, capable of those odd echoes and resonances, the elegiac interludes, that characterise the best crime writing.' Graeme Blundell, Weekend Australian

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Product Details

• Paperback: 228 pages
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin (July 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1741146526
• ISBN-13: 978-1741146523
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #570,890 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Saving Billie. Discovering Cliff Hardy., August 14, 2007

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Andrew Desmond (Neutral Bay, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Saving Billie (Cliff Hardy series) (Paperback)

Peter Corris is the writer of the quintessential Sydney crime novel. Just as Robert B Parker's Spencer is Boston, Corris's Cliff Hardy is Sydney.

It is probably safe to say that most America crime readers are not familiar with the works of Corris. This is a great pity. His Cliff Hardy series is a tremendous read. I can recommend any book in the series without reservation. In "Saving Billie" we see Cliff at work in his typical dogged manner. Life seems to through all sorts of obstacles in his path but Cliff deals with them and, to a greater or lesser degree, succeeds. Here, he is hired to locate Billie Marchant which he does without too much trouble before a whole series of other events serve to make his life more difficult. He gets beaten up, narrowly avoids death but seems to put most of the pieces together. And all this proceeds against the wonderful backdrop that is Sydney; grimy, boisterous yet beautiful all at once.

To all American readers, do yourself a large favour. Discover Cliff Hardy. Your efforts will be rewarded.