Peter Corris
Peter Corris has been writing his bestselling Cliff Hardy detective stories for thirty years. He has been the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Crime Writers Association of Australia, along with the 2009 Ned Kelly Award for Best Fiction. He's written many other books, including a very successful 'as-told-to' autobiography of Fred Hollows, and a collection of short stories about golf. Peter passed away in August 2018 and is survived by his wife Jean Bedford, their three daughters and seven grandchildren.
Books by Peter Corris
See You at the Toxteth
Published: August 2019
A selection of stories featuring Australia's favourite PI, plus unpublished writing by Peter Corris on crime.
Win, Lose or Draw
Published: November 2017
A missing teenager, drugs, yachts, the sex trade and a cold trail that leads from Sydney to Norfolk Island, Byron Bay and Coolangatta. Can Cliff Hardy find out what's really going on?
That Empty Feeling
Published: November 2016
An unexpected obituary takes Cliff Hardy on a trip down memory lane to a case he's been trying to forget for twenty years: oil, fraud, boxing, racing - and murder.
Gun Control
Published: November 2015
In the fortieth Cliff Hardy book, Hardy plays a cool hand as a decades-old crime resurfaces and old scores are settled.
Wet Graves
Published: November 2014
Hardy's thirteenth case leads him back fifty years to the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Beware of the Dog
Published: November 2014
Burn, and Other Stories
Published: November 2014
The Black Prince
Published: November 2014
Sex, sport and steroids - an explosive mix for Hardy's 22nd case.
Make Me Rich
Published: November 2014
Casino
Published: November 2014
The Washington Club
Published: November 2014
Forget Me If You Can
Published: November 2014
The Other Side of Sorrow
Published: November 2014
Lugarno
Published: November 2014
The Reward
Published: November 2014
Salt and Blood
Published: November 2014
White Meat
Published: November 2014
The Marvellous Boy
Published: November 2014
Man in the Shadows
Published: November 2014
The Big Drop
Published: November 2014
The Dunbar Case
Published: November 2013
Private Investigator Cliff Hardy's 39th case sees him leaving the mean streets of Sydney for Newcastle, investigating what a famous 19th century shipwreck has to do with a multi-million dollar heist with a cast of characters that shouldn't be trusted.
Comeback
Published: December 2012
Australia's best-known private investigator, Cliff Hardy, might have his licence back but does he still have what it takes to cut it as a PI on its seedy streets?
Follow the Money
Published: December 2011
Battle-scarred but indefatigable PI, Cliff Hardy has lost all his dough to an unscrupulous financial advisor. He's got to follow the money trail deep into Sydney's underbelly into the territory of big money and bent deals to get himself back in the black.
Torn Apart
Published: December 2010
Semi-retired. De-licensed. But Cliff Hardy is once again fighting for justice and tracking down evil when his cousin is brutally murdered - did the shotgun blast find its target, or was it meant for Hardy?
Deep Water
Published: April 2009
Still reeling from the shock death of his partner, Cliff suffers a heart attack - but this isn't enough to keep him from investigating the disappearance of the father of the woman nursing him back to health.
Open File
Published: March 2008
Cliff Hardy revisits an unsolved case from the 1980s. Twenty years later, can he crack the one that got away?
The Big Score
Published: December 2007
Cliff Hardy has his hands full with murder, blackmail, embezzlement and more in this new collection of short stories.
Appeal Denied
Published: June 2007
Dirty dealings, corrupt cops, computer geeks and a final showdown at an exclusive Sydney beach - is this Cliff Hardy's last adventure?
The Undertow
Published: December 2006
The indefatigable Cliff Hardy helps out an old police mate with an unresolved case, involving dodgy doctors, an illegitimate child and a violent confrontation.
Saving Billie
Published: December 2005
Australia's favourite PI, Cliff Hardy is back in a story set against the backdrop of a Federal election campaign.
Taking Care of Business
Published: December 2004
A fast-paced and entertaining collection of stories featuring Australia's favourite PI, Cliff Hardy.
The Coast Road
Published: June 2004
Peter Corris' latest crime classic sees Private Investigator Cliff Hardy leaving the mean streets of Sydney for the Illawarra escarpment, and a gripping combination of a mysterious death, a missing child and a complex trail of violence and police corruption.
Master's Mates
Published: August 2003
Peter Corris' world weary but always charismatic hero Cliff Hardy has long been established as Australia's favourite investigator. Often bloodied but never bowed in this latest gripping novel, Hardy is in pursuit of missing millions from Sydney to the Pacific Islands.
The Empty Beach
Published: August 2003
Vintage Cliff Hardy, as Australia s favourite private eye finds himself literally fighting for his life in the murky violent underworld of Bondi.
The Winning Side
Published: November 1989
A gripping novel tracing the life of Aboriginal boxer and journalist Charlie Thomas from highly successful Australian writer Peter Corris.
The January Zone
Published: September 1987
In this gripping novel from highly successful Australian crime fiction writer Peter Corris, Cliff Hardy's reluctant status as 'security consultant' to a politician takes him to Washington DC where the threats are real and the rules are different.
The Greenwich Apartments
Published: October 1986
A riveting novel in the Cliff Hardy series from highly successful Australian crime fiction writer, Peter Corris.
Deal Me Out
Published: April 1986
A thrilling novel in the Cliff Hardy series from highly successful Australian crime fiction writer, Peter Corris.
Heroin Annie
Published: March 1984
A collection of gripping short stories in the Cliff Hardy series from highly successful Australian crime fiction writer, Peter Corris.
