Kittyhawk Down

A cloud of despondency hangs over the Waterloo police. Detective Inspector Hal Challis is stuck with an ageing corpse, probably unidentifiable, and with the relentless fallout from a shattered marriage. Stuck, too, at an impasse in his new relationship.

His deputy Ellen Destry is up against a resentful husband and surly teenage daughter as well as a serial rapist. And one of the PCs seems to be on the verge of a breakdown.

Something’s got to give. A rampant shotgun murderer might even come as a kind of relief.

‘Taut and terrific, Kittyhawk Down is crime fiction at its best.’ Age

‘Kittyhawk Down is a tough little thriller that never lets up and offers an all-too-convincing snapshot of the fraying at the margins of every modern city.’ Hobart Mercury