Wet Graves
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| Author | Peter Corris |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Cliff Hardy |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
| Publisher | Allen and Unwin |
| Publication date | 1991 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 242 |
| ISBN | 1863590250 |
| Preceded by | O'Fear |
| Followed by | Aftershock |
Wet Graves is 1990 Australian crime novel by Peter Corris.[1]
It was the tenth novel, and thirteenth book, featuring the author's continuing character Cliff Hardy.[2]
Synopsis
The body of a murdered elderly man under the Sydney Harbour Bridge leads Hardy to a mystery that will take him back to the bridge's construction, 50 years back.
Critical reception
Stephen Knight, writing in The Sydney Morning Herald considered the novel "in the best tradition of hard pulp". He continued "Skilful, serious, entertaining in a thoughtful and humane way, Wet Graves is both dry and lively. It suggests a writer settled again, in both theme and style, for a long haul with those fables of vice and virtue in contemporary Australia."[3]
Publication history
After the novel's initial publication in 1991 it was reprinted by Allen and Unwin in 2014.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Wet Graves by Peter Corris". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ "Austlit – Cliff Hardy series by Peter Corris". Austlit. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ ""It's Hardy, like a crisp uppercut"". The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 April 1991. ProQuest 2527595881. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ "Austlit – Wet Graves by Peter Corris". Austlit. Retrieved 24 May 2026.