The fifth Hal Challis investigation, set in southeast Australia It\'s been a busy few days for Inspector Hal Challis.
He lives on Australia\'s Mornington Peninsula..
In addition to his award-winning Hal Challis series, he is also the author of the standalone thriller Hell to Pay and the Wyatt series about a Melbourne jewel thief.
He\'s published over forty books in a range of genres, including crime, children\'s books, and Australian history.
Will their relationship derail all they\'ve worked for?About the Author: Garry Disher is one of Australia\'s best-known novelists.
Challis struggles to maintain a clear head as the crimes mount.
If Challis was having a hard time keeping up with the caseload before, it certainly hasn\'t helped matters that he\'s become romantically involved with his colleague Ellen Destry.
A well-connected chaplain at a prestigious school has been brutally beaten, and a local official has turned up dead.
But there are also more serious matters at hand.
The school year has just ended, and with the sudden influx of rowdy teenagers on break, Waterloo has become a hotbed for petty crimes.
The fifth Hal Challis investigation, set in southeast Australia It\'s been a busy few days for Inspector Hal Challis
