Disher grew up in South Australia. In 1978 he was awarded a creative writing fellowship to Stanford University, where he wrote his first short-story collection. A full-time writer for many years, he is the author of more than forty titles--fiction, children's books, anthologies, history textbooks, books about the craft of writing, and the Wyatt thrillers. The first Detective Inspector Challis murder mystery, 'The Dragon Man', won the German Crime Fiction Critics Prize 2002 and was published in the UK in 2006 by Bitter Lemon Press.
'A police procedural ... featuring a squad of interestingly flawed homicide cops ... working multiple cases that feature multiple puzzles and a pool of incisively well-drawn murder suspects ... First rate.' New York Times Book Review'Gripping... As the story neatly advances from the viewpoints of characters both major and minor, Disher artfully employs misdirection... Fans of Peter Temple will find much to like in this dark whodunit.' Publishers Weekly'Procedural fans looking for something a little different will devour this one... Enough dark overtones to elevate the series into the Ian Rankin league.' Booklist'Challis is a fine creation: strong and resourceful, yet with enough human frailty to satisfy the tastes of readers raised on Connelly, Rankin or Patricia Cornwell. This is intelligent, well-crafted fare, enlivened by a sharp awareness of society and the dark undercurrents beneath it.' West Australian
'A police procedural ... featuring a squad of interestingly flawed homicide cops ... working multiple cases that feature multiple puzzles and a pool of incisively well-drawn murder suspects ... First rate.' New York Times Book Review'Gripping... As the story neatly advances from the viewpoints of characters both major and minor, Disher artfully employs misdirection... Fans of Peter Temple will find much to like in this dark whodunit.' Publishers Weekly'Procedural fans looking for something a little different will devour this one... Enough dark overtones to elevate the series into the Ian Rankin league.' Booklist'Challis is a fine creation: strong and resourceful, yet with enough human frailty to satisfy the tastes of readers raised on Connelly, Rankin or Patricia Cornwell. This is intelligent, well-crafted fare, enlivened by a sharp awareness of society and the dark undercurrents beneath it.' West Australian
Kittyhawk Down is the second book from award-winning writer Garry Disher to feature cop Chal Harris, who first appeared in the excellent Dragon Man. Disher, as with his earlier Wyatt series, forsakes the mean streets of the big cities for the more rural setting of the Mornington Peninsula- greener but no less mean: the Flinders Floater has to be identified, a violent rapist has to be snared, there's three shotgun murders to solve, plus a spiralling drugs problem and lurking in the shadowy background, the unsolved murder of a young boy and the local white trash suspect. This is a dark, absorbing read and a bold move by Disher as he employs a multi-voiced third-person narrative. Harris, with many personal troubles of his own, is supported by a particularly human cast of fellow cops. However, this is to the detriment of the main character and I'd like Harris to play a greater role, particularly if future books are planned. The plot is nicely paced though and the chapters sport neat, rounded scenes that draw you in and keep you reading. Some of the loose ends are tied up rather too easily but there is still enough left at the end for a good twist. David Honeybone is editor of Crime Factory magazine. C. 2003 Thorpe-Bowker and contributors
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