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Peter Corris

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born

May 08, 1942 in Victoria, Australia

gender

male

website

http://www.petercorris.net/petercorris.net/Home...

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Nonfiction, Historical Fiction

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Peter Corris’s first novel was published in 1980 and he has been a full time writer since 1982. Through the 1950s, 60s and 70s, the Australian crime story was in the hands of writers producing mass market pulp novelettes, chief among them being Alan Yates (Carter Brown). Although written in Australia, these stories usually had pseudo American or British settings. Peter Corris is credited with reviving the fully-fledged Australian crime novel with local settings and reference points and with a series character firmly rooted in Australian culture - Cliff Hardy.

Peter Corris hopes that his latest non-crime book, The Journal of Fletcher Christian, will find a wide audience and underline his credentials as an historical novelist. Inevitably, this...more

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Books by Peter Corris

Average rating: 3.49 · 392 ratings · 76 reviews · 78 distinct works

	Torn Apart 3.37 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Undertow 3.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Coast Road 3.45 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Comeback 3.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Appeal Denied 3.62 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Follow the Money 3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Deep Water 3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Open File 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Master's Mates 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Wet Graves 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:

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Series by Peter Corris

A Cliff Hardy Mystery (37 books)
by Peter Corris

3.44 avg rating — 297 ratings

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