A Detective Inspector Challis Murder Mystery.
Written by one of Australia's finest crime writers, 'Kittyhawk Down' is the second and much anticipated Inspector Challis murder mystery. Like 'The Dragon Man', which won the German Crime Fiction Critics Award 2001 and was short-listed for the Ned Kelly Award, it is loaded with suspense, action and intrigue.
An unidentified man is fished out of the sea with an anchor wrapped around his waist. And for Detective Inspector Hal Challis, this sparks the beginning of a mysterious series of deaths and strange events.
As Challis investigates, an unstable farmer erupts into violence and is the target of a massive manhunt. Meanwhile, Challis's emotional life is edgy and his colleagues have allowed their private and public responsibilities to blur. Does Ellen Destry's daughter's boyfriend deal in drugs? Will Pam Murphy's financial woes compromise her police work? Does John Tankard love his gun a little too much?
And then Challis finds aerial photographs in the possession of his friend, Kitty, that link her to the shotgun killings . . . Disher's taut plot and unpredictable ending make this second Inspector Challis novel a riveting read.
