''That Empty Feeling'' is a 2015

crime fiction Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...

novel by Australian writer

Peter Corris Peter Robert Corris (8 May 1942 – 30 August 2018) was an Australian academic, historian, journalist and a novelist of historical and crime fiction. As crime fiction writer, he was described as "the Godfather of contemporary Australian crime-w ...

. It is the 41st novel in Corris' series of works about Cliff Hardy, a fictional

private investigator A private investigator (often abbreviated to PI and informally called a private eye), a private detective, or inquiry agent is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services. Private investigators of ...

who lives and works in the inner suburbs of Sydney. The novel is a reminiscence about a case in the 1980s.

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2015 Australian novels Australian crime novels Novels set in Sydney Allen & Unwin books {{2010s-crime-novel-stub