Garry Disher

1 month ago | lesen.de | Garry Disher |Michael Doring Connelly |Luca Ventura |Jørn Lier Horst

*** THE TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH ***'A master storyteller ' - GUARDIAN'A writer at the top of his game... Sanctuary is a superlative chase thriller' - THE TIMES'Disher is the gold standard for rural noir' - CHRIS HAMMERNO ONE CAN RUN FOREVER... Grace is a thief - a good one. But she's always on the move, always looking over her shoulder, always alone. It's not the life she wants.

Apr 8, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Craig Sisterson |Garry Disher |Sarah Bailey |Tony Kent

'Sanctuary' by Garry Disher, 'Body of Lies' by Sarah Bailey and 'The Shadow Network' by Tony Kent. Photos / SuppliedSanctuaryby Garry Disher (Text, $40) Garry Disher, the quiet king of Australian crime writing, returns with another absorbing tale, about a small-time thief looking for a normal life; the owner of a rural shop looking for safety; and the dangerous men looking for each of them. A rich, character-driven story, Sanctuary is an apt title – it’s what various characters crave.

May 29, 2023 | australianbookreview.com.au | Garry Disher

I appreciate the irony. I deliberately used the title Personal Best for anthologies I once edited (1989, 1991) as a way of saying that there are personal achievements outside the world of sport, and now I am being asked to review an anthology titled Personal Best which is a collection of stories about sport (for young adult readers). The book under review is a theme anthology and it’s worth examining how anthologies have evolved in Australia. There was a time when few were published.

Apr 1, 2023 | culturmag.de | Garry Disher

„… for we are not a republic… Australians are deeply obedient and conformistTwo events are guaranteed to monopolise Australian print, radio and TV news for days, even weeks: a footballer grazing his knee, and a British royal dying, marrying or acting disgracefully. Our sport obsession is understandable, if regrettable, but my fellow Australians’ absorption in the British royal family is more troubling.

Feb 13, 2023 | psnews.com.au | Garry Disher

Reviewed by Robert Goodman. By Garry Disher, Text, $32.99. Garry Disher returns to the small northern South Australian town of Tiverton for his fourth outing with Paul Hirschhausen in Day’s End, a book very much informed by the recent events. As with all of the other books in this series, Disher (and Hirsch) juggles big issues with the mundane.