Torn Apart

Author Peter Corris

Semi-retired. De-licensed. But Cliff Hardy is once again fighting for justice and tracking down evil when his cousin is brutally murdered - did the shotgun blast find its target, or was it meant for Hardy?&#39;The godfather of Australian crime fiction.&#39;Cliff Hardy may be semi-retired but he&#39;s as resolute as ever in fighting for justice and tracking down wrongdoers.Hardy has never been much of a family man, so when he meets his second cousin Patrick Malloy it&#39;s like being hit with a left hook to the solar plexus - Malloy is his double. Cliff and his cousin become friends and travel to attend a gathering of the Irish Travellers - the gypsy-like folk from whom they are descended. On their return, a shotgun blast shatters their camaraderie. But who was the bullet aimed at, Malloy or Hardy? And why is Malloy&#39;s ex-wife, Sheila, now making her presence known to Hardy?Hardy has his enemies and Malloy&#39;s to consider as he searches for a killer. Clues point in many directions - to Sheila&#39;s motives, to Malloy&#39;s suspect business dealings, to old scores being settled. The search takes Hardy north to a paramilitary training camp and to a meeting of Traveller descendants in Kangaroo Valley; everyone seems to have an interest and the playing style is ruthless.Hardy is de-licensed and out of work . . . but this investigation is personal.

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