Garry Disher – författare

‘an outstanding piece of writing...a powerful novel...’ Reading TimeFriendship is a slippery notion. We lose friends as we change and our friends don’t, or as we form other alliances, or as we betray our friends or are ourselves betrayed…In the pearling town of Broome, against the backdrop of World War II, a young man and a young woman fall in love. Hart is the son of a pearling master, Mitsy the daughter of a Japanese diver. Can their love survive as Japan enters the War and Mitsy encounters prejudice and hate?In this beautifully written novel, Garry Disher evokes a war-devastated Australia and its effects on young adults forced to leave their childhood behind.

Eva Hicks has come to Italy for love and art. What she finds in the shifting light of Tuscany are gunshots along the terraced hillsides, the enigmatic Nye and a sense of her misplaced faith.Meanwhile, in a crypt beneath the wintry stones of Venice, Matthew Rennie is cleaning the grime from a medieval fresco. Better here than above ground, where Nye holds sway, masked figures shadow him and people like Eva Hicks throw things into question.Eva''s Angel is a gripping, beautifully observed novel by Garry Disher, author of the award-winning, bestselling The Divine Wind.

‘...stunning... Disher is brilliant’ Sydney Morning HeraldWe always hurt the ones we love...When Louis’s parents decide to move from the city to a small coastal town, Louis finds himself at odds with everything around him. He’s an outsider at school where he’s at the mercy of the two school bullies, and misses the city and his friends. The only person he can talk to is the ‘windmill man’, Mr Chatters.Then Mr Chatters’ niece, Tilly, arrives in town and, unexpectedly, Louis discovers he has much in common with her. But are the rumours surrounding Tilly true? Instead of relying on his own judgement, Louis listens to the gossip around him…A gentle and moving story by the author of The Apostle Bird and Moondyne Kate.

Maddie Finn lives with her mother above a converted stable in the grounds of a big house owned by the gloomy Harold Delamore. It''s their ‘cosy refuge against the world’ and Maddie''s favourite task is to walk Sal, Mr Delamore''s rare, prize-winning dog. But one day Maddie and her mother are given two months notice by the trouble-making Delia Delamore, home from her boarding school – or has she been expelled?And when Maddie takes Sal for a walk the next morning, Delia comes too...into a dark alley, where a gang of kidnappers is waiting...But who do they want?Maddie Finn is a tense, exciting story of a difficult friendship by Garry Disher, bestselling author of The Divine Wind and The Bamboo Flute.

''Disher is brilliant.'' Sydney Morning HeraldLeah Flood is on the run. The cops are after her and she has to keep one step ahead. The irony is that Leah is a cop too. But she’s a cop who made a mistake. Leah knows she’s in the right, but that doesn’t seem to matter to the guys who are chasing her. Then somewhere along a lonely road in the middle of nowhere, Leah meets Tess, who is also on the run. Soon the two young women are being tracked by a ruthless killer.But who is the intended target?And why?An edgy thriller that goes on the road, into the unexpected, from bestselling author Garry Disher.

A chilling series of stories of flight and fear.It’s a great feeling, breaking away from home, school and the restrictions of your childhood years, testing yourself in the world at last. First flight, first love, first job, first holiday alone, first place to call your own. You feel as if anything could happen, and you’re prepared for it. You’re no longer restless, but flying free. But there’s a final test if you can survive it. This collection offers six chilling stories of suspense and the supernatural from one of Australia''s leading Young Adult writers.

''musical and haunting'' Publisher''s WeeklyPaul is a dreamer, his head alive with rippling pianos, gentle violins and the smiles of Margaret, the one he loves. But in the cold light of day, Margaret snubs him at school, the piano has been sold, his father is battling to keep the farm, and dejected men are tramping the roads…looking for work, a sandwich, a cup of tea…No one has time for music or dreams. Then Eric the Red comes along. Eric the Red, with his silver flute, his knowing wink and boots held together with wire. Eric the Red, just a step ahead of the law. Eric the Red, who knows how to make a flute from a piece of bamboo…The Bamboo Flute is an evocative story of hardship, hope, respect and recognition, set during the Depression. Amongst many acclamations it has won the Children''s Book Council of Australia''s Book of the Year for Younger Readers.

A stunning tale of intrigue and survival in the dusty outback, from the author of The Divine Wind.Rick’s cousins are two specks floating on the horizon, leaving him far behind on the treacherous bush track. He looks at his punctured tyres in dismay. Ten kilometres. If he walks, he’ll be too late to save them. If he runs, he’ll expire in the heat.Somewhere across the flats, in between the red-dirt back roads, there’s real trouble happening. Rick has never felt so alone; the land around him feels as alien as the moon – nothing like the city.But now is no time to hesitate…Ian and Nita are depending on him.Then the voice of his dead father comes back to him: ‘Don’t use up all your energy at once. Walk twenty, run twenty.’

Good One, Erm is a warm and moving story of cranky neighbours and family love by the author of The Bamboo Flute.It’s not easy moving house and making new friends. Especially not when the neighbours think you’re weird.And not when Ermyntrude, your grand piano, sends wolfhounds and comets after the man next door. And sirens, and horses and roosters, and barn owls…It’s not easy when you know you’ll never see your father again – will you ever be able to play the grand piano without him? And will Ermyntrude let you play music any more anyway?

''heart-pounding suspense'' Publisher''s WeeklyWhat do you do if an outsider tells you the teachings of Ratface and the White League are wrong? What if Ratface shuts you away behind an electric fence, or if he expects you to help him mould another child in the ways of the White League?For Max and Christina, the White League is all they’ve ever known. But if Gillian is telling the truth, it’s time to run and hide and live by their own wits – before it’s too late.A compelling story of escape from a way of life that has gone terribly wrong.