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Meet Cliff Hardy. Smoker, drinker, ex-boxer. And private
investigator.
"The Dying Trade" not only introduces a sleuth who has become an
enduring Australian literary legend--the antihero of thirty-seven
thrillers--but it is also a long love letter to the seamy side of
Sydney itself.
The sixth book in the Cliff Hardy series It is just another party
in Sydney's eastern suburbs, a routine security job for Cliff
Hardy. It leads, though, to an interesting meeting and a dangerous
job. No one is more familiar than Hardy with the sleazy back
streets and pubs of Kings Cross, and he follows a twisted trail
over dangerous ground. As well as a hitman out to get him he deals
with politically protected criminals and corrupt journalists - and
meets the intriguing Helen Broadway for the first time.
This is the revealing, personal story of the man behind the
controversial pro-euthanasia movement, told in his own words.
Medical doctor, humanist, author and founder/director of Exit
International, Philip Nitschke's life has always been in the
spotlight. The book spans Philip's early days, from his curious,
activist student days in Adelaide, to working with Aboriginal land
rights groups in Australia's Far North; to his successful campaign
to have euthanasia legalised in Australia and his assistance in
four people ending their lives before the law was overturned. It
covers the controversy surrounding Philip's work, including the
banning in Australia of his international bestselling book The
Peaceful Pill, and disturbing reports that many young people
overdosed on Nembutal, the drug that Exit International recommends
for suicide. Ultimately, Philip believes that the right to one's
own death is as fundamental as the right to control one's own life:
'It seems we demand humans to live with indignity, pain and anguish
whereas we are kinder to our pets when their suffering becomes too
much.'
The forty-second book in the Cliff Hardy series Will one man's loss
be Hardy's gain? 'I'd read about it in the papers, heard the radio
reports and seen the TV coverage and then forgotten about it, the
way you do with news stories.' The police suspect the father,
Gerard Fonteyn OA, a wealthy businessman. But he's hired Cliff to
find his daughter, given him unlimited expenses and posted a
$250,000 reward for information. Finally there's a break - an
unconfirmed sighting of Juliana Fonteyn, alive and well. But as
usual, nothing is straightforward. Various other players are in the
game - and Cliff doesn't know the rules, or even what the game
might be. He's determined to find out, and as the bodies mount up
the danger to himself and to Juliana increases.
The thirty-eighth book in the Cliff Hardy series This wasn't
Hardy's usual brief--uncover the mysteries of a nineteenth-century
shipwreck--but he could do with an easy case and the retainer was
generous. But is it ever that simple? Not with a notorious crime
family tearing itself apart, and an undercover cop playing both
sides against the middle. These and an alluring but fiercely
ambitious female journalist give Hardy all the trouble he can
handle. 'Ever feel manipulated?' Hardy asks. The body count mounts
up as he pushes closer to the truth about the mystery and the loot.
This is the sequel to "Browning Battles On", in which Browning
encounters passion and death among Tamil guerrillas in old Ceylon.
The author also wrote "Beverly Hills Browning", "Browning in
Buckskins", "Browning Takes Off" and "Browning PI".
The twelfth book in the Cliff Hardy series When Todd Barnes, war
veteran and popular drinking mate, leaves Cliff Hardy a tidy sum to
find out who killed him, Hardy can hardly refuse - and he needs the
money. Todd's widow and some of his cronies are not always
cooperative, however, and it's hard to tell friends from enemies,
especially when it comes to the mysterious Kevin O'Fearna, known as
O'Fear. Hardy's battered Falcon takes him from the familiar mean
streets of Sydney to equally dangerous bushland, where he's on his
own up against heavy odds. A not-unfamiliar situation for Sydney's
most enduring private investigator.
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