Torn Apart (Cliff Hardy series)

249 Pages·2010·1.19 MB·English

by  Peter Corris

TORN APART
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PETER CORRIS is known as the ‘godfather’ of Australian crime
fi ction through his Cliff Hardy detective stories. He has written
in many other areas, including a co-authored autobiography of the
late Professor Fred Hollows, a history of boxing in Australia, spy
novels, historical novels and a collection of short stories about golf
(see petercorris.net). In 2009, Peter Corris was awarded the Ned
Kelly Award for Best Fiction by the Crime Writers Association
of Australia. He is married to writer Jean Bedford and lives in
Sydney. They have three daughters.
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T O R N A PA R T
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Many thanks for all kinds of help, to Jean Bedford, Miriam
Corris, Ruth Corris, Tom Kelly and Jo Jarrah, and to an offi cer of
the NSW Police media liaison unit.
All characters and events in this book are fi ctitious. Any resemblance to
actual people and circumstances is coincidental.
First published by Allen & Unwin in 2010
Copyright text © Peter Corris 2010
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For Miriam, Philip and Axel
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Irish poets, learn your trade,
Sing whatever is well made
W B Yeats
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part one
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