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yPokerface : A NovelPeter Corris,
Ringwood:Penguin,1985Z4282601985single work novel crime 'Sacked from the shadowy Federal Security Agency, his marriage tottering, Ray Crawley forms an association with radical punk Roxy and her friends and that's his first mistake. Crawley's former boss Toby Campion is trying to manipulate him in a game with Canberra. But Crawley is still in the game, and he won't give up. All the players are holding good cards but will the best hand win.' (Source: Libraries Australia)
'Hard-boiled-secret-serviceman, Ray Crawley, returns in this thriller to take on a routine assignment, which draws him into a web of murder and intrigue involving Eastern European refugees.'(Publication summary)
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yThe Kimberley KillingPeter Corris,
Ringwood:Penguin,1988Z3801511988single work novel crime 'Retired federal Attorney-General has been killed in a car crash. It is a straightforward case, except that the deceased driver was dying of AIDS. Crawley and Huck, Federal Security Agency officers, are called in to investigate - and cover up.' (Source: Libraries Australia)
yThe Time TrapPeter Corris,
Pymble:HarperCollins Australia,1994Z1053741994single work novel crime 'When Crawley is elevated to the post of Acting Director of the Federal Security Agency in Canberra he discovers a number of disturbing aspects to the job: Carol, his secretary, mysterious deaths of FBI archivists and Ruth May - a woman who bears a disturbing resemblance to Crawley's wife.' (Source: Libraries Australia)