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Mischance Creek

The Paul Hirsch Mysteries

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Mischance Creek

By: Garry Disher
Narrated by: Steve Shanahan
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It's the worst drought in a generation, and the people of Senior Constable Paul Hirschhausen's vast outback beat are suffering. Foreclosures. Failing businesses. Petty quarrels on the brink of escalation.

So when Annika Nordrum asks for help, Hirsch is relieved to feel useful. Her father's body was found at the bottom of a mineshaft six years ago, his death ruled an accident. But her mother hasn't been seen since. As Hirsch starts investigating, more questions arise: why was her father at a long-abandoned gold diggings? What happened to his missing possessions? And who found his dog wandering alone with a bloodstained collar? Tensions are high in Tiverton; can Hirsch find his answers before the town reaches breaking point?

'The equal of Joseph Wambaugh and James Lee Burke' THE TIMES

'A superb chronicler of cop culture' SUNDAY TIMES

©2026 Garry Disher (P)2026 W.F. Howes Ltd. Mystery Police Procedurals
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What copper, including his colleagues and his superiors would not go all out to arrest a thug who punched that officer in front of witnesses at a primary school gate and then escaped? Hirsch and his sarge apparently. There's not a police officer in the world who does not understand that to let such an assault slip away without a hardline response undermines their authority and might (and in this book does) lead to far worse consequences. Not one in the world, unless, apparently, they are stationed in South Australia. It's a great shame since the writing and narration are excellent but they carry this unremarkable storyline as Hirsch defies orders and common sense to go lone wolf time and time again. If a council clerk can use satellite images from Google Maps it seems inconceivable that a SAP patrol officer would not check out what lies beyond a locked gate before sneaking in without backup. Well, Hirsch does. it is a very predictable pattern in these books.

Atmospheric but unfortunately predictable

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I've enjoyed the whole series - the character development and descriptions of the harsh terrain particularly. The narrator is exceptionally good

atmospheric story

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As always, thoroughly enjoyable and believable story told through sympathetic characters and an obvious love for the landscape

Great writing, characters and reading

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Enjoyed the story and narration. A little annoying that Nan Washburn became Nan Buchanan for half the book but went back to being Washburn at the end. But overall I enjoyed the story and narration and can’t wait for the next instalment

Another good Hirsch book

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I greatly enjoy the series and pre ordered this one. The story rattles along with different elements to keep you entertained. The goodies prevail and the baddies don’t although one goodie falls by the wayside.

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