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Aftershock - by Peter Corris

Audio Books : Mystery : Other quality : English

Read by.................. Peter Hosking

Abr/Unabr.............. Unabridged

Genre................... Fiction - Mystery

Source................... Cassette

Series Name........... Cliff Hardy

Position in series...... 14 (1992)

Ripped by...................gus

Encoded at.............. 48kbps 2400Hz Mono CBR Fraunhofer

Of MP3 Files......... 8

Total Size.............. 103 MB

Total Runtime......... 5 Hours 2 Mins

When Oscar Bach's body is found crushed under the rubble, his death is classified as another tragic statistic of the 1989 Newcastle earthquake (one of Australia's most serious natural disasters). So how could he have been seen alive five minutes after the quake? Oscar's quiet life was not all that it appeared to be. He was a man with no apparent past. But something and someone has caught up with him now, and they are trying to stop Cliff Hardy finding the answers. Hardy thought he needed the work, but did he need it this badly?

Cliff's Bio

One of the more solid and stand-up private eye series to come out of the 1980's features Sydney, Australia P.I. CLIFF HARDY. Cliff's a tall bloke, pretty fair shape, with a nose that's been busted a few times. He's been at various times a boxer, a soldier (in Malaysia), a timber worker and an insurance investigator. He's a tough-minded guy, with a strong independant streak, one reason he didn't last in the insurance racket. He's been known to carry a Smith & Wesson .38, all nice and legal, and occasionally a Colt .45, that isn't, and he isn't a stranger to a bit of knocking about, either giving or receiving. Basically, he's a "cold bastard. Good at his job though." He's appeared in over thirty novels, and several collections of short stories and Corris is still cranking them out. There was even that rarity of things -- a good PI movie -- made from one of them. In many ways, Cliff Hardy is a throwback to an earlier, simpler time. Imagine a slightly shopworn Joe Mannix down under and you've got Cliff pegged. He lives in the slightly seedy Sydney suburb of Glebe and works out of an office with dirty windows on St. Peter's Lane in the slightly more upscale Darlinghurst area, next to Primo Tomasetti, Cliff's tatooist pal. Cliff was married once about "a lifetime ago," and he's currently involved in a rather weird little six months on/six months off relationship with Helen, a married woman. He likes tennis, beer and white wine, but detests tea. He is, however, rather partial to Ford Falcons. When his battered, rust-ridden but beloved 1964 model finally gave up the ghost in the late eighties, he replaced it with a used 84 model, same colour, less miles, less rust. In many ways, Cliff is like his beloved Falcons. Nothing fancy, but solid and dependable, a few too many miles on the clock, maybe, but still able to get you there. And the whole series is like that as well -- nothing flashy, but good reliable reads, well-written, with an appealling, down-to-earth hero, pulpy without being stoopid, and some very interesting settings and keen insights into Australian culture. A wonderful contribution to the genre.

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