The Big Drop

Informationen zum Autor Peter Corris has been writing his bestselling Cliff Hardy detective stories for thirty years. He's written many other books, including a very successful 'as-told-to' autobiography of Fred Hollows, and a collection of short stories about golf. Klappentext Cliff Hardy returns in this collection of short stories focused on the private investigator A client falls from the 20th story of a building; a rock star goes missing; an erotic Mongol scroll vanishes; a film star has a problem that has nothing to do with creativity--it's all in a day's work for Cliff Hardy. Yachts dance on the sparkling waters of the harbor, and the back alleys are busy: the city's high and low classes go about their daily business. But nothing really surprises Hardy, and, for a $125 a day (plus expenses), he'll provide a few surprises of his own. . . Vorwort The seventh book in the Cliff Hardy series, being re-released in a new package to celebrate the publication of the fortieth Cliff Hardy book. Zusammenfassung The seventh book in the Cliff Hardy series A client falls from the twentieth storey of a building; a rock star goes missing; an erotic Mongol scroll vanishes; a film star has a problem that has nothing to do with creativity - it's all in a day's work for Cliff Hardy. Yachts dance on the sparkling waters of the harbour, and the back alleys are busy: the city's high and low classes go about their daily business. But nothing really surprises Hardy, and, for a hundred and twenty-five a day (plus expenses), he'll provide a few surprises of his own...

Commentaire

Peter Corris is undoubtedly a major figure in our time. Stephen Knight

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Peter Corris, Peter (Author) Corris
• Edition: External catalogues_US
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 05.11.2015
• EAN: 9781760113902
• ISBN: 978-1-76011-390-2
• Pages: 220
• Thèmes: Cliff Hardy; Cliff Hardy Series; Cliff Hardy Series; Cliff Hardy
• Catégories: Littérature > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Crime, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, FICTION / Urban, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction