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Is part of Wyatt Garry Disher , 1993 series - author novel (number 9 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 Kill Shot
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'Wyatt regarded Robb with cold interest. It was often like this, the layers of self-regard and caution peeling away from a holdup victim, the true man or woman peeking out. He slipped back into the slumbering streets, which began to stir as the guy’s alarm reached their ears. He’d barely thought about Robb while he’d been robbing him. Now his detachment was complete.

'SOME people just work better alone. Wyatt’s one of them. He’s been getting by on nice quiet little burglaries— one-man jobs—when he gets wind of something bigger.

'A corporate crook, notorious Ponzi schemer, set to face court and certain jail time. He’s about to skip bail the old-fashioned way, on a luxury yacht with a million dollars in cash.

'To Wyatt it sounds like something he should get into.

'He’s not alone.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2018 .
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      Extent: 320p.p.
      Reprinted: 2019 (paperback)
      Note/s:
      • Published December 2018.

      ISBN: 9781925773224, 9781925774115, 9781922268129 (pbk), 9781925774115 (ebk)
Alternative title: Moder : Ein Wyatt-Roman
Language: German
    • Berlin,
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      Germany,
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Pulp Master ,
      2021 .
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      Extent: 300p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 September 2021
      ISBN: 9783946582069

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Favourite Books Read for the First Time in 2018 Bruce Gillespie , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: SF Commentary , November no. 100 2019; (p. 18-26)

— Review of Kill Shot Garry Disher , 2018 single work novel ; Border Districts Gerald Murnane , 2017 single work novel ; The Fallen Sun David Grigg , 2018 single work novel
Wealth and Amorality behind City Crime Ed Wright , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27 April 2019; (p. 20)

— Review of Comeback Lindsay Tanner , 2019 single work novel ; Kill Shot Garry Disher , 2018 single work novel ; Something for Nothing Andy Muir , 2017 single work single work novel

'Melburnians have a peculiar fondness for their grunge, an affection (or possibly affectation) that is perhaps unmatched in our other capitals.' (Introduction)

Terminal Velocity : Three New Crime Novels David Whish-Wilson , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 409 2019; (p. 57-58)

'Last year in New York, I visited the Mysterious Bookshop, Manhattan’s only bookstore specialising in crime fiction. The otherwise knowledgeable bookseller had heard of three Australian crime novelists: Peter Temple, Garry Disher, and Jane Harper.

'If I were to visit this year, however, I’m pretty sure the bookseller would be able to add more Australian novelists to his list – the multi-award-winning author Emma Viskic for one, along with Dervla McTiernan and Candice Fox. Fox has become an internationally bestselling author, a success amplified by her four parallel collaborations with James Patterson, one of which hit number one on the New York Times bestseller list. McTiernan’s 2018 début, The Ruin, was both a critical and commercial success in Australia and overseas, garnering praise from fellow writers, critics, and fans alike for the Ireland-set novel’s clear-eyed style and deep characterisation.' (Introduction)

Garry Disher : Kill Shot LS , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 8 December 2018;

'Look up “hard-boiled” in the dictionary and you may well see a photo of everyone’s favourite master thief: Wyatt, Garry Disher’s taut, repressed old-style villain. Except, of course, that no clear photo of Wyatt exists. He has no Christian name. He’s a phantom, a loner, a man who should be played by Liam Neeson in a movie because Wyatt also has a very particular set of skills. Skills he has acquired over a very long career. In Kill Shot, our antihero has been transplanted to coastal Sydney and Newcastle from his usual haunts in Victoria, but that’s the only appreciable difference in this, Disher’s ninth Wyatt caper crime thriller. Kill Shot is just as classy and enjoyable as Wyatts one through eight, propelled by Disher’s impeccable plotting and brilliant narrative drive, characterisation and pace.'  (Introduction)

Wealth and Amorality behind City Crime Ed Wright , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27 April 2019; (p. 20)

— Review of Comeback Lindsay Tanner , 2019 single work novel ; Kill Shot Garry Disher , 2018 single work novel ; Something for Nothing Andy Muir , 2017 single work single work novel

'Melburnians have a peculiar fondness for their grunge, an affection (or possibly affectation) that is perhaps unmatched in our other capitals.' (Introduction)

Favourite Books Read for the First Time in 2018 Bruce Gillespie , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: SF Commentary , November no. 100 2019; (p. 18-26)

— Review of Kill Shot Garry Disher , 2018 single work novel ; Border Districts Gerald Murnane , 2017 single work novel ; The Fallen Sun David Grigg , 2018 single work novel
Garry Disher : Kill Shot LS , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 8 December 2018;

'Look up “hard-boiled” in the dictionary and you may well see a photo of everyone’s favourite master thief: Wyatt, Garry Disher’s taut, repressed old-style villain. Except, of course, that no clear photo of Wyatt exists. He has no Christian name. He’s a phantom, a loner, a man who should be played by Liam Neeson in a movie because Wyatt also has a very particular set of skills. Skills he has acquired over a very long career. In Kill Shot, our antihero has been transplanted to coastal Sydney and Newcastle from his usual haunts in Victoria, but that’s the only appreciable difference in this, Disher’s ninth Wyatt caper crime thriller. Kill Shot is just as classy and enjoyable as Wyatts one through eight, propelled by Disher’s impeccable plotting and brilliant narrative drive, characterisation and pace.'  (Introduction)

Terminal Velocity : Three New Crime Novels David Whish-Wilson , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 409 2019; (p. 57-58)

'Last year in New York, I visited the Mysterious Bookshop, Manhattan’s only bookstore specialising in crime fiction. The otherwise knowledgeable bookseller had heard of three Australian crime novelists: Peter Temple, Garry Disher, and Jane Harper.

'If I were to visit this year, however, I’m pretty sure the bookseller would be able to add more Australian novelists to his list – the multi-award-winning author Emma Viskic for one, along with Dervla McTiernan and Candice Fox. Fox has become an internationally bestselling author, a success amplified by her four parallel collaborations with James Patterson, one of which hit number one on the New York Times bestseller list. McTiernan’s 2018 début, The Ruin, was both a critical and commercial success in Australia and overseas, garnering praise from fellow writers, critics, and fans alike for the Ireland-set novel’s clear-eyed style and deep characterisation.' (Introduction)

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