Garry Disher: Snapshot (UK 2025)

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'A superb chronicler of cop culture' -- Sunday Times
Winter is closing in on the Mornington Peninsula and the coastal community of Waterloo is looking for ways to keep warm. But things start to heat up for Detective Inspector Hal Challis when Janine McQuarrie is shot in a quiet country lane while her terrified daughter watches from the car.

As the compromising details of the McQuarries' personal lives come to light, Challis and Detective Sergeant Ellen Destry are faced with another complication: the victim's father-in-law, who is also their superintendent. It seems everyone has something to hide this winter. Can the truth be uncovered before the killer strikes again?

'A first-rate author' -- The New York Times
'An exceptional talent' -- Daily Mail
'The master of outback noir' -- Canberra Weckly
'A deft and compelling novelist' -- Guardian Australia

Garry Disher: Snapshot. A Mother's Secrets Can Be Deadly. Viper, ISBN: 9781805224464 (July, 2025), 414 p., £9.99.

Garry Disher: Snapshot (UK 2025)

From the Publisher:
The third novel with Detective Inspector Hal Challis and Sergeant Ellen Destry, from Australia's King of Crime
'A master storyteller' - GUARDIAN
'A superb chronicler of cop culture' - SUNDAY TIMES
'The equal of Joseph Wambaugh and James Lee Burke' - THE TIMES

A MOTHER'S SECRETS CAN BE DEADLY
Winter is closing in on the Mornington Peninsula and the coastal community of Waterloo is looking for ways to keep warm. But things start to heat up for Detective Inspector Hal Challis when Janine McQuarrie is shot in a quiet country lane while her terrified daughter watches from the car.

As the compromising details of the McQuarries' personal lives come to light, Challis and Detective Sergeant Ellen Destry are faced with another complication: the victim's father-in-law, who is also their superintendent. It seems everyone has something to hide this winter. Can the truth be uncovered before the killer strikes again?

From the multiple Ned Kelly Award-winning author of Consolation and Sanctuary comes the third Hal Challis investigation, for readers of Jane Harper, Ian Rankin and Chris Hammer.

Garry Disher: Snapshot. A Mother's Secrets Can Be Deadly. Viper, ISBN: 9781805224471 (February, 2025), eBook, 523 KB (ca. 414 p.), £7.99.

Garry Disher: Snapshot (USA 2007)

From the Publisher:
It had taken months for Janine McQuarrie to succumb to her husband's pressure to have sex with strangers at suburban spouse-swapping parties. But after attending a few such events on the Mornington Peninsula, this Australian social psychologist rebels. And then, driving with her young daughter one day, she gets out of her car to ask directions from another driver, is killed. The little girl escapes when the gunman's pistol misfires.

Inspector Hal Challis, to whose Crime Investigation Unit the case falls, is thwarted in his efforts by his boss. The dead woman was Superintendent McQuarrie's daughter-in-law. He seems to be more interested in protecting his son than in finding his daughter-in-law's murderer. Who might have a motive to kill this attractive young wife and mother? One of her clients? One of the swingers she'd gotten together with at a party? Or, the obvious suspect, her husband? The villain turns out to be someone Challis never would have expected.

Garry Disher: Snapshot. An Inspector Hal Challis Investigation set in Australia. Soho Crime, ISBN: 1569474605 (July, 2007), 337 p., $14.95.

Garry Disher: Snapshot (USA 2006)

From the Publisher:
It takes months for Australian social psychologist Janine McQuarrie to succumb to her husband's pressure to attend spouse-swapping parties, but eventually she gives in. Then, driving with her young daughter one day, she gets out of her car to ask directions and is shot and killed. The little girl escapes when the gunman's pistol misfires.

Inspector Hal Challis of the Crime Investigation Unit is assigned the case, but his efforts are thwarted by his boss. The dead woman was Superintendent McQuarrie's daughter-in-law, and he seems to be more interested in protecting his son than in finding his daughter-in-law's murderer. Who might have a motive to kill this attractive young wife and mother? One of her clients? One of the swingers she'd gotten together with at a party? Or, the obvious suspect, her husband?

Garry Disher: Snapshot. A Hal Challis Investigation. Soho Crime, ISBN: 1569474265 (July, 2006), 337 p., $23.00.