''The Dunbar Case'' is 2013 Australian novel by
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 ...
featuring private detective
Cliff Hardy.
Premise
Cliff Hardy is hired by an academic to find the ancesator of a man connected with the
Dunbar wreck.
Reception
The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' wrote "Family feuds, career criminals, missing diamonds, buried treasure, attractive (older) women: there's never, ever a dull moment and Corris keeps it moving in his lively, economical prose. Like the crime meister that he is, Corris makes it all appear so easy."
See also
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2013 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2013.
Events
* James Ley (literary critic), James Ley launches the ''Sydney Review of Books'' to provide "an opportunity for Australia's crit ...
References
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External links
2013 Australian novels
Australian crime novels