Cliff Hardy by Peter Corris
Cliff Hardy is the protagonist in a series of hardboiled detective fiction/crime fiction novels and stories by Australian author Peter Corris. Cliff Hardy is a private eye based from Sydney, Australia. He’s described as tall and in good shape. He’s been a boxer, soldier, lumberjack and an insurance investigator. He carries a Smith & Wesson .38 and sometimes a Colt .45.

Peter Corris began his Cliff Hardy series in 1980 with his debut novel The Dying Trade. The series is currently ongoing. Below is a list of Peter Corris’ Cliff Hardy books in order of when they were first published (which is the same as their chronological order):

Publication Order of Cliff Hardy Books

The Dying Trade(1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
White Meat(1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Marvellous Boy(1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Make Me Rich(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Empty Beach(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Greenwich Apartments(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Deal Me Out(1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The January Zone(1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
O'Fear(1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Wet Graves(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Aftershock(1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Beware of the Dog(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Matrimonial Causes(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Casino(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Reward(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Washington Club(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Black Prince(1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Other Side of Sorrow(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lugarno(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Salt and Blood(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Master's Mates(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Coast Road(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Saving Billie(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Undertow(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Appeal Denied(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Open File(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Deep Water(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Torn Apart(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Follow The Money(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Comeback(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Dunbar Case(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Silent Kill(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gun Control(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
That Empty Feeling(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Win, Lose or Draw(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Cliff Hardy Collections

Heroin Annie and Other Cliff Hardy Stories(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Man in the Shadows(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Big Drop(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Burn, and Other Stories(1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Taking Care Of Business(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Forget Me If You Can(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Big Score: Cliff Hardy Cases(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

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Cliff Hardy Synopses: The Dying Trade by Peter Corris introduces readers to Cliff Hardy – a smoker, a drinker, a former boxer and now a private investigator. The Cliff Hardy character is a legend of the Australian crime fiction world. In The Dying Trade, this anti-hero will take readers into the seamy side of Sydney.

In The Empty Beach by Peter Corris, Cliff Hardy has quit smoking and decreased his drinking, but he is not without demons. His short-lived marriage still haunts him along with other skeletons in his closet. As an ex-surfer, a case in Bondi gets his attention. It began as a routine investigation into a supposed drowning. But Hardy soon finds himself literally fighting for his life in the murky, violent underworld of Bondi. The truth about John Singer, black marketeer and poker machine king is out there. Hardy’s job is to stay alive long enough in that world of easy death to get to the truth.

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