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Mischance Creek

Mischance Creek: The gripping new book in the bestselling Australian crime series

Hirsch series, Book Five

Garry Disher

Hirsch is checking firearms. The regular police audit: all weapons secured, ammo stored separately, no unauthorised person with keys to the gun safe. He’s checking people, too. The drought is hitting hard in the mid-north, and Hirsch is responsible for the welfare of his scattered flock of battlers, bluebloods, loners and miscreants.

He isn’t usually called on for emergency roadside assistance. But with all the other services fully stretched, it’s Hirsch who has to grind his way out beyond the Mischance Creek ruins to where some clueless tourist has run into a ditch.

As it turns out, though, Annika Nordrum isn’t exactly a tourist. She’s searching for the body of her mother, who went missing seven years ago. And the only sense in which she’s clueless is the lack of information unearthed by the cops who phoned in the original investigation.

Hirsch owes it to Annika to help, doesn’t he? Not to mention that tackling a cold case beats the hell out of gun audits and admin…

Garry Disher
About the Author

Garry Disher grew up in South Australia and now lives on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. He is the author of more than forty titles—fiction, children’s books, anthologies, textbooks, and the Wyatt thrillers. Disher has won numerous awards, including the German Crime Prize (twice) and the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction in 2007 and 2010.

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Extent:
448pp
Format:
Paperback
Text publication date:
30 September 2025
ISBN:
9781923058484
AU Price:
$34.99
NZ Price:
$38.00
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Praise for Garry Disher
andMischance Creek

‘Hirsch is one of my favourite characters…Unmissable.’

‘Disher is one of this country’s finest writers.’

‘Disher is the gold standard for rural noir.’

‘A giant not only of crime fiction but of Australian letters.’

‘A master at controlling his material, taking his readers along the dusty, rutted roads that always pop up when we expect bitumen smoothness. But it’s a journey worth taking, for the pure joy of the writing.’

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    ISBN: 9781923059535
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