Garry Disher: Whispering Death (UK 2025)

From the Publisher:
'A superb chronicler of cop culture' -- Sunday Times
Calm never lasts on the Mornington Peninsula, especially for Detective Inspector Hal Challis. Today, he's dealing with a serial armed robber, a brutal home invasion and a mysterious cat burglar, not to mention the offender disguised in a police uniform stalking his beat.

But with Sergeant Ellen Destry away, a boss who's more committed to budget cuts than police work, and a team that struggle to separate personal lives from professional duties, one more case could be enough to push Challis to breaking point.

'A first-rate author' -- The New York Times
'A world-class police novel' -- Canberra Times
'Compulsive and unsettling' -- Sunday Age
'A deft and compelling novelist' -- Guardian Australia

Garry Disher: Whispering Death. Every Man Has A Breaking Point. Viper, ISBN: 9781805224525 (November, 2025), 407 p., £9.99.

Garry Disher: Whispering Death (UK 2025)

From the Publisher:
The sixth novel with Detective Inspector Hal Challis and Sergeant Ellen Destry, from Australia's King of Crime
'A superb chronicler of cop culture' - SUNDAY TIMES
'Disher is the gold standard for rural noir' - CHRIS HAMMER
'The equal of Joseph Wambaugh and James Lee Burke' - THE TIMES

EVERY MAN HAS A BREAKING POINT
Calm never lasts on the Mornington Peninsula, especially for Detective Inspector Hal Challis. Today, he's dealing with a serial armed robber, a brutal home invasion and a mysterious cat burglar, not to mention the offender disguised in a police uniform stalking his beat.

But with Sergeant Ellen Destry away, a boss who's more committed to budget cuts than police work, and a team that struggle to separate personal lives from professional duties, one more case could be enough to push Challis to breaking point.

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

Garry Disher: Whispering Death. Every Man Has A Breaking Point. Viper, ISBN: 9781805224532 (February, 2025), eBook, 510 KB (ca. 407 p.), £7.99.

Garry Disher: Whispering Death (USA 2013)

From the Publisher:
The long-awaited sixth installment in the Inspector Hal Challis series set in Australia, available in the United States at last!
Hal Challis is in trouble at home and abroad: dressed down by the boss for speaking out about police budget cuts; missing his lover, Ellen Destry, who is overseas on a study tour. But there's plenty to keep his mind off his problems. A rapist in a police uniform stalks Challis's Peninsula beat, there is a serial armed robber headed in his direction and a home invasion that's a little too close to home. Not to mention a very clever, very mysterious female cat burglar who may or may not be planning something on Challis's patch. Meanwhile, at the Waterloo Police Station, Challis finds his officers have their own issues. Scobie Sutton, still struggling with his wife's depression, seems to be headed for a career crisis; and something very interesting is going on between Constable Pam Murphy and Jeanne Schiff, the feisty young sergeant on assignment from the Sex Crimes Unit.

Garry Disher: Whispering Death. A Hal Challis Investigation. Soho Crime, ISBN: 9781616952969 (November, 2013), 343 p., $14.95.

Garry Disher: Whispering Death (USA 2012)

From the Publisher:
Hal Challis is in trouble at home and abroad: dressed down by the boss for speaking out about police budget cuts; missing his lover, Ellen Destry, who is overseas on a study tour. But there's plenty to keep his mind off his problems. A rapist in a police uniform stalks Challis's Peninsula beat, there is a serial armed robber headed in his direction and a home invasion that's a little too close to home. Not to mention a very clever, very mysterious female cat burglar who may or may not be planning something on Challis's patch. Meanwhile, at the Waterloo Police Station, Challis finds his officers have their own issues. Scobie Sutton, still struggling with his wife's depression, seems to be headed for a career crisis; and something very interesting is going on between Constable Pam Murphy and Jeanne Schiff, the feisty young sergeant on assignment from the Sex Crimes Unit.

Garry Disher: Whispering Death. A Hal Challis Novel. Soho Crime, ISBN: 9781616951740 (December, 2012), 343 p., $25.00.