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      The Dragon Man

      by Garry Disher
      Published
      Aug 2004
      Main Genre
      Police Procedural Police Procedural
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      246
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      A Detective Inspector Challis Mystery

      About This Book

      Meet Hal Challis, Detective for the Mornington Peninsula police force in Southeast Australia, in the first investigation in this prize-winning crime series
       
      A serial killer is on the loose in a small coastal town near Melbourne, Australia. Detective Inspector Hal Challis and his team must apprehend him before he strikes again. But first, Challis has to contend with the editor of a local newspaper who undermines his investigation at every turn, and with his wife, who attempts to resurrect their marriage through long-distance phone calls from a sanitarium, where she has been committed for the past eight years for attempted murder—his.

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      Suspense

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      Hard-Boiled Law Enforcement Police Procedural

      Characters & Occupations

      Serial Killers

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