Cliff Hardy Collections
Cliff Hardy is in action again: trying to keep one step ahead of his client's troubles - and his own. He goes from sleazy backstreets to boardrooms in skyscrapers - dealing with everyone from fashion models and teenage junkies to urban developers and crooked funeral directors. Some are friendly, some try to kill him...Hardy copes, with his guts and his savvy; and all for a hundred and twenty-five dollars a day (plus expenses).
Gareth Greenaway was not all he seemed, but Cliff Hardy was used to that. What he was not used to was the shadowy world Greenaway was to lead him into - neurosurgeons, mental patients, AIDS sufferers, all involved in their own dreams and delusions. Peter Corris's other books include "The January Zone", "The Greenwich Apartments", "The Empty Beach" and "Deal Me Out".
A client happends to fall from the twentieth 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 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...
The 16th Cliff Hardy mystery This collection of stories finds Cliff Hardy in his usual milieu of inner Sydney mixing with the good, the bad, and the quirky as he works on his cases. With his wisecracks and fists in readiness, Hardy goes about his daily business of tracking delinquent arsonists, hired killers, and missing girlfriends; protecting eye surgeons and radio announcers; solving old crimes; and helping past acquaintances in the underworld. Always on the outside, but his sympathies with the underdog, Hardy's cases are never what they seem and his solutions are not always what the client expects.
Private investigator Cliff Hardy is no financial genius, but in this collection of hard-boiled detective stories he pursues white-collar criminals with the same doggedness he applies to his more downmarket villains. A conveniently placed telephone book advertisement leads Hardy to begin investigating white-collar crime in both big business and small. From keeping a watchful eye on a corporate whistleblower to taking a case from his local florist, Hardy approaches each job with his usual determination, making for another fast-paced edition with an exciting flair that has made the Cliff Hardy series an international favorite.
Even when he's not involved in a major case, PI Cliff Hardy's life is far from routine. The 20th Cliff Hardy mystery. In these stories a whistleblower is himself betrayed, a son turns against his father, brothers feud, men are harassed by women, and things are never quite what they seem. Whether on the familiar streets of Sydney or out of town, Hardy's cases don't always have tidy endings—and sometimes he has to take the law into his own hands.
In this new collection of short stories, Cliff Hardy has his hands full of murder, embezzlement, corruption, and more. His punches and sparse-but-rough language help him untangle a divorce, investigate the killing of a drinking buddy, and take care of a nasty case of blackmail. Set in various seamy Sydney locations with no shortage of thugs, mid-morning beers, and crooked cops, these stories exemplify the life of this Australian heroeven as he struggles with moral dilemmas, sex, money, and a life dealing with scummy criminals.