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The dragon man a Challis & Destry novel

"A first-rate piece of crime writing."'The Washington Post Book World "A straightforward police story with a terrific plot, nuanced characters and solid procedures, served up on refreshing new turf."'Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review "A police procedural of a very different kind. . . . A 'down under' atmosphere that most American readers will find unique."'The Plain Dealer "Colorful. . . . Disher has literary talent and imagination." 'Chicago Tribune "Disher makes his characters as interesting as his plot." 'Portsmouth Herald "The American debut for Australian crime writer extraordinaire Disher is as complex and dark as anything by Ian Rankin or Michael Connelly."'Las Vegas Mercury A serial killer is on the loose in a small coastal town near Melbourne. Detective Inspector Hal Challis and his team must apprehend him before he strikes again. But first, Challis has to contend with the editor of a local newspaper who undermines his investigation at every turn, and with his wife, who attempts to resurrect their marriage through long-distance phone calls from a sanitarium, where she has been imprisoned for the past eight years for attempted murder'his. Garry Disher is the author of over 40 books for adults and children. His crime fiction includes numerous anthologized stories and the Wyatt novels, including Kickback, winner of the 2000 German Critics Prize for Crime Fiction. The first in his Detective Inspector Challis murder mystery series, The Dragon Man won the German Critics Prize for Crime Fiction in 2001.

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  • "dragon man"
  • "Dragon man"@it
  • "Drachenmann"

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  • ""A first-rate piece of crime writing."'The Washington Post Book World "A straightforward police story with a terrific plot, nuanced characters and solid procedures, served up on refreshing new turf."'Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review "A police procedural of a very different kind. . . . A 'down under' atmosphere that most American readers will find unique."'The Plain Dealer "Colorful. . . . Disher has literary talent and imagination." 'Chicago Tribune "Disher makes his characters as interesting as his plot." 'Portsmouth Herald "The American debut for Australian crime writer extraordinaire Disher is as complex and dark as anything by Ian Rankin or Michael Connelly."'Las Vegas Mercury A serial killer is on the loose in a small coastal town near Melbourne. Detective Inspector Hal Challis and his team must apprehend him before he strikes again. But first, Challis has to contend with the editor of a local newspaper who undermines his investigation at every turn, and with his wife, who attempts to resurrect their marriage through long-distance phone calls from a sanitarium, where she has been imprisoned for the past eight years for attempted murder'his. Garry Disher is the author of over 40 books for adults and children. His crime fiction includes numerous anthologized stories and the Wyatt novels, including Kickback, winner of the 2000 German Critics Prize for Crime Fiction. The first in his Detective Inspector Challis murder mystery series, The Dragon Man won the German Critics Prize for Crime Fiction in 2001."@en
  • "A serial killer is on the loose in a small coastal town near Melbourne. Detective Inspector Hal Challis and his team must apprehend him before he strikes again. But first Challis must contend with the editor of a local newspaper, who undermines his investigation at every turn."
  • "Im Peninsula District bei Melbourne herrscht kurz vor Weihnachten Hochbetrieb. Detective Inspector Hal Challis würde sich am liebsten ganz der Restaurierung eines alten Flugzeugs widmen. Dann aber wird eine junge Frau nachts auf dem Highway ermordet, kurz darauf geschieht ein zweiter Mord, ein anonymer Brief kündigt ein drittes Opfer an. (Quelle: Buchdeckel verso)."
  • "Een klein plaatsje in de buurt van Melbourne wordt opgeschrikt door een seriemoordenaar."
  • "Meet Hal Challis, Detective for the Mornington Peninsula police force in Southeast Australia, in the first investigation in this prize-winning crime series A serial killer is on the loose in a small coastal town near Melbourne, Australia. Detective Inspector Hal Challis and his team must apprehend him before he strikes again. But first, Challis has to contend with the editor of a local newspaper who undermines his investigation at every turn, and with his wife, who attempts to resurrect their marriage through long-distance phone calls from a sanitarium, where she has been committed for the past eight years for attempted murderhis."
  • "Between a contentious newspaper editor who undermines police investigations and a murderous wife in a sanitarium, Detective Inspector Hal Challis works to stay focused on the apprehension of a serial killer."@en
  • "The first Challis & Destry Novel. The heat's ramping up, the usual holiday madness building. D.I. Hal Challis is already recycling his shower water and dreading Christmas. But this year there's something more. Women abducted and murdered on the Old Highway, a pall of fear over the scorched paddocks and Challis's sleepy beat is set to explode."@en
  • "Detective Inspector Hal Challis and his crew, searching for a serial killer operating in a beachside town outside Melbourne, Australia, feel a new sense of urgency when the daughter of one of the police sergeants is abducted."

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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en

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  • "Drachenmann"
  • "Norbert Langer liest Drachenmann"
  • "Drachenmann : [Roman]"
  • "Drachenmann [ein Inspector-Challis-Roman] ; Kriminalroman"
  • "Drachenmann [Roman]"
  • "The dragon man a Challis & Destry novel"@en
  • "L'uomo dragon"
  • "Drachenmann : Kriminalroman"
  • "Ejderha adam = (The dragon man)"
  • "L'uomo Dragon"
  • "L'uomo Dragon"@it
  • "Dragon man"@en
  • "Landevejsmorderen"@en
  • "Landevejsmorderen"@da
  • "The Dragon Man: An Inspector Hal Challis Murder Mystery"@en
  • "The dragon man : [Inspector Hal Challis murder mystery]"
  • "Drachenmann Roman"
  • "The dragon man"
  • "The dragon man"@en
  • "Drachenmann : Roman"
  • "De snelwegmoorden"
  • "The Dragon Man"@en
  • "Dragon Man"@en

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