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Dragon Man: Peninsula Crime, Book 1 Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Garry Disher (Author), Colin McPhillamy (Narrator), Wavesound from W. F. Howes Ltd (Publisher)

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Summer on the Peninsula.

The heat’s ramping up, the usual holiday madness building. D.I. Hal Challis is already recycling his shower water and starting to dread Christmas. But this year there’s something more. Women abducted and murdered on the Old Highway. A pall of fear over the scorched paddocks. The media are demanding answers - and Challis’s sleepy beat is set to explode.

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Listening Length	8 hours and 36 minutes
Author	Garry Disher
Narrator	Colin McPhillamy
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	01 June 2018
Publisher	Wavesound from W. F. Howes Ltd
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B07D91S898
Best Sellers Rank	21,730 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 1,861 in Mysteries (Audible Books & Originals) 9,224 in Mysteries (Books)

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An easy read

Reviewed in Australia on 10 March 2020

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I read this after enjoying two recent novels by the same author which were excellent, Bitter Wash Road and Peace. This is not to the same standard. Disher has packed a lot into the plot and the local police do not come out well. The main villain was easy to spot. Disappointing.

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Disappointed.

Reviewed in Australia on 16 August 2019

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Not to his usual standard. It seemed a bit unfinished, disjointed at times. The editing was poor too with a number of typos and dead ends.
I got to the end and looked for the rest but that was it. The loose ends are frustrating.
Having said all this, it’s entertaining and whiles away a few hours.

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Gavin Fry

Excellent start to a great series

Reviewed in Australia on 12 December 2020

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The first of a terrific set of crime novels set on the Mornington Peninsula of Victoria, Australia. A convincing and authentic sense of place, believable and sympathetic characters, whose all too human flaws are part of the story. Importantly, the structure and depiction of police procedures is sound and sensible in the Australian context. You don't have to be a local to appreciate the stories, but for those of use who are, there are many moments with that spark of recognition - which all adds to authenticity and believability.

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Gaye Ferguson

I am newly addicted to Gary Disher's novels. Having ...

Reviewed in Australia on 23 June 2016

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I am newly addicted to Gary Disher's novels. Having lived on the Mornington Peninsula and also having had a retail business in Hastings, I can virtually live inside these books. The characters, the way the author has captured the beauty and the darkness in the culture of the Peninsula is outstanding. I will read all of these novels and then all the Wyatt novels as well. Outstanding work from a fabulous author.

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Boomer J.

Melbournian Mayhem

Reviewed in Australia on 20 March 2019

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It is always with some pride that I discover another quality Aussie crime writer. Loved the character intrigues be it the goodies or the baddies. Certainly worth every one of four stars I gave it.

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Mary T. Melcherts

Competent crime thriller

Reviewed in Australia on 5 June 2017

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There were a lot of characters. I liked the familiarity of the setting and the slow burn to the clmax

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Yenny

A real page turner

Reviewed in Australia on 15 July 2017

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I enjoyed the fact that the setting for this book is familiar, both geographically and climatically. The characters are flawed and believable and the plot unwinds with accelerating tension.

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Jackie

An excellent read

Reviewed in Australia on 14 April 2017

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What an amazing author.
The fact that I missed my train stops while reading this speaks for itself.
Reading a book that mentions places that are local to me was also a first.
Truly a well written book.

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Andy Hunter

Beginning to like this author a lot

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 October 2020

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I started reading Garry Fisher with his two Hirsch novels, then Under the Cold Bright Lights. Eager for more I started the Peninsula series and wasn't disappointed.

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Stewart

Fast paced but slightly predictable not his best

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 June 2020

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Looking forward to the development of the characters and further descriptions of an area of Victoria which I find easy to visualise.

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Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 April 2017

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The series just gets better with ease book.

Maxine Clarke

First in excellent Australian police procedural series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 December 2011

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The Dragon Man is first in a series of five, soon to be six, novels about Detective Inspector Hal Challis and his Sergeant, Ellen Destry. It's one of my favourite kinds of novel, in that it describes in detail a police investigation into a crime, provides a strong sense of location and society, and also addresses the personal and professional lives of the detectives concerned.

The crime in this case occurs when a woman is abducted on the Old Peninsula Highway in a (fictional) area south-east of Melbourne, Australia. Challis is responsible for crime over a fairly large area in this peninsula, where constant state cutbacks to social services make the job of the police harder - not just because of the increased likelihood of crime, but in creating a challenge for people's daily lives, for example in organising child care when nurseries are closed down and you have to work shifts.

Challis is a serious-minded policeman, whose disastrous marriage has resulted in his wife being imprisoned. His domestic history is gradually revealed via his wife's late-night, drunk phone calls to her husband from jail - he cannot bear to cut her off completely by divorcing her. Challis is a loner, taking refuge from his less than satisfactory personal life and his heavy workload via his hobby of slowly restoring a vintage World War Two-era plane. His sergeant, Destry, is a highly competent police officer but has her own domestic struggles in the shape of a resentful husband who is also a policeman but at a lower rank, and a sulky teenage daughter - a telling subplot which I am sure reflects many people's experiences.

The story of the crime investigation is very well paced throughout the book as we come to learn more about the day-to-day life of people who live in the Peninsula, as well as and the inner lives of the various members of the police force, positive and negative, as they attempt to find the person who is abducting and killing vulnerable women.

There are several intriguing threads to the main plot, which gradually come together in a tense climax. I have to admit that the identity of the perpetrator was pretty obvious, but that didn't detract from my enjoyment of this highly atmospheric novel, which transported me right into the lives and concerns of the people within its pages. I'm definitely going to seek out the subsequent novels in the series.

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hans ulrich

Spannend und gut!

Reviewed in Germany on 22 January 2019

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Garry Disher hat klasse Ideen zu einer spannenden Geschichte verwoben. Die Handlungsfäden sind vielfältig - aber nicht verwirrend - und führen am Ende sehr schön zusammen. Das macht Spass beim Lesen!

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