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3 8 y separately published work icon Aftershock Peter Corris , ( nar. Ron Stevens ) Sydney : Australian Listening Library , 1992 Z251161 1991 single work novel crime detective

'When Oscar Bach's body was found crushed under rubble, his death was classified as another tragic statistic of the Newcastle earthquake. So how could he have been seen alive five minutes after the quake? Who would want this man dead?

'Oscar's quiet life was not all that is 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?' (Publication summary)
3 5 y separately published work icon The Big Drop, and Other Cliff Hardy Stories Peter Corris , ( nar. Ron Stevens ) North Sydney : Australian Listening Library , 1988 Z548770 1985 selected work short story crime detective

'A client happens to fall from the twentieth story of a building; a rock star goes missing; an erotic Mongol scroll vanishes; a film star has a problem that has nothing to do with creativity - it's all in a day's work for Cliff Hardy.

'Yachts dance on the sparkling waters of the harbour, and the back alleys are busy; the city's high and low classes go about their daily business. But nothing really surprises Hardy; and, for a hundred and twenty-five a day (plus expenses), he'll provide a few surprises of his own...' (Publication summary)
5 20 The Empty Beach Peter Corris , ( nar. Ron Stevens ) North Sydney : Australian Listening Library , 1985 Z80713 1983 single work novel crime detective
— Appears in: Sovremennyi avstraliiskii detektiv 1990; (p. Page numbers not available.) 'The early 1980s found Cliff Hardy well established as a private investigator but still battling his demons...A case in Bondi attracts him as an ex-surfer and admirer of the suburb. It began as a routine investigation into a supposed drowning, but Hardy soon finds himself literally fighting for his life in the murky, violent underworld of Bondi.' (Source: back cover, 2003 Allen and Unwin edition)
4 15 y separately published work icon The Dying Trade Peter Corris , ( nar. Ron Stevens ) North Sydney : Australian Listening Library , 1984 Z329075 1980 single work novel crime detective

'Meet Cliff Hardy. Smoker, drinker, ex-boxer. And private investigator.

When the wealthy Bryn Gutteridge hires Hardy to help his sister, it looks as if blackmail is the problem. Until the case becomes more brutal, twisted and shocking than even Hardy could have guessed.' (Text Classics blurb)
11 3 y separately published work icon Death of a Lake Arthur W. Upfield , 1954 ( nar. Ron Stevens ) North Sydney : Australian Listening Library , 1980 29172790 1954 single work novel crime detective mystery

'On a vast sheep station in the outback, Raymond Gillen goes swimming in the lake one night and is never seen again. After the failure of local police to solve the mystery, bony arrives disguised as a horse-breaker, and uncovers a story of sexual tension and murder. The lake is evaporating in the intense drought - only when it dies will the mystery be solved. Apart from its strengths as a crime novel, this is probably the best book ever written about drought in Australia.' (Publication summary) 
6 2 y separately published work icon The Body at Madman's Bend Arthur W. Upfield , ( nar. Ron Stevens ) North Sydney : Australian Listening Library , 29158455 1963 single work novel crime mystery detective
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