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Wyatt #5
Port Vila Blues
Wyatt snatches the cash easily enough. He bypasses the alarm system, eludes the cops, makes it safely back to his bolthole in Hobart.It's the diamond-studded Tiffany brooch - and perhaps the girl - that brings him undone. Now some very hard people want to put Wyatt and that brooch out of circulation. But this is Wyatt's game and Wyatt sets the rules - even if it means a reckoning somewhere far from home.Port Vila Blues is Wyatt's fifth heist. It's faster than ever, racing towrads the inevitable confrontation on a clifftop above the deceptively calm waters of Port Vila Bay.
"In a murky world where the cops are robbers, old-style crim Wyatt positively shines. Clear taut writing - not a word wasted." - Marele Day
"...tough, violent, relentless and thoroughly convincing"Stuart Coupe
"In a murky world where the cops are robbers, old-style crim Wyatt positively shines. Clear taut writing - not a word wasted." - Marele Day
"...tough, violent, relentless and thoroughly convincing"Stuart Coupe
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Garry Disher
91 books728 followersGarry Disher was born in 1949 and grew up on his parents' farm in South Australia.
He gained post graduate degrees from Adelaide and Melbourne Universities. In 1978 he was awarded a creative writing fellowship to Stanford University, where he wrote his first short story collection. He travelled widely overseas, before returning to Australia, where he taught creative writing, finally becoming a full time writer in 1988. He has written more than 40 titles, including general and crime fiction, children's books, textbooks, and books about the craft of writing.
He gained post graduate degrees from Adelaide and Melbourne Universities. In 1978 he was awarded a creative writing fellowship to Stanford University, where he wrote his first short story collection. He travelled widely overseas, before returning to Australia, where he taught creative writing, finally becoming a full time writer in 1988. He has written more than 40 titles, including general and crime fiction, children's books, textbooks, and books about the craft of writing.
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January 25, 2025
This is the fourth book in the Wyatt series and it is mostly about thieves double crossing other thieves thus proving the adage that there is no honour among thieves. Wyatt himself has a personal code of conduct and is very generous to certain of his acquaintances, but he still does not hesitate to kill when necessary.
This story begins with Wyatt breaking into a safe which he knows contains a very large amount of cash. However it also contains a Tiffany brooch which, unknown to him, has already been stolen and which will get him into a huge amount of trouble. This trouble comes from other thieves, bent cops, a creepy Judge and more.
I enjoyed the book as I always do with Disher's work. There was a little bit more detail than I needed in the preparation and carrying out of the heists but that is just me. Wyatt is a great character. (I hope by the next book he will have had that tooth removed.) Four stars.
This story begins with Wyatt breaking into a safe which he knows contains a very large amount of cash. However it also contains a Tiffany brooch which, unknown to him, has already been stolen and which will get him into a huge amount of trouble. This trouble comes from other thieves, bent cops, a creepy Judge and more.
I enjoyed the book as I always do with Disher's work. There was a little bit more detail than I needed in the preparation and carrying out of the heists but that is just me. Wyatt is a great character. (I hope by the next book he will have had that tooth removed.) Four stars.
September 21, 2020
Most people couldn’t read Wyatt and it rattled some of them. There were others, like Jardine from the old days, who had long since adjusted themselves to the fact of his stillness. To them, Wyatt was constructed of silence, a single unadorned look for all emotions and a suspicious mind. But he could be trusted, so they accepted that it was not necessary to know anything more about him.
Of all Australian author Garry Disher’s characters, the enigmatic Wyatt is a stand-out. A professional thief who prefers to work alone, tolerating others as required, his main heists are art works and collectables that he lifts from wealthy homes to be fenced on a hungry black market. But, when times are hard he goes for the cash too – $50 grand from the safe of the ritzy Double Bay apartment of a NSW politician. But he finds another item there, a Tiffany brooch, stolen months earlier during a bank raid in Brighton, Victoria. Its sudden reappearance marks him and his fence Jardine as targets for bent officers in the NSW and Vic Police, working for a corrupt circuit magistrate, with an accused (but not yet convicted) kiddie-fiddler roped in as a courier.
Niekirk had his own way out. He’d be carrying the money and he didn’t want Riggs and Mansell to know where he was taking it. And once he’d made the delivery, Niekirk didn’t know where the money was going. De Lisle, the man who put these jobs together, wanted it that way, and Niekirk was in no position to argue, not when De Lisle could put him in jail for a long time, and especially not when De Lisle controlled the purse strings. Disappear with the money himself? Forget it. De Lisle would find him in five seconds.
There is little honour (and less trust) between thieves. When the heists begin to unravel some look for a scapegoat or try to save their own skin, while those caught in the periphery pay the ultimate price. As always I enjoyed the dry, wry humour permeating the pages and his visual descriptions.
The vault was in a room adjoining the staff toilets along the far wall of the bank. Veiling the torch beam with his hand, Niekirk led Riggs along the main corridor, past a storeroom and the manager’s office, and across an open area where desks and cabinets squatted like outcrops of granite on a wintry plain.
This “cat’s cradle” of a novel had me hooked from the start - the intrigue and villains who make Wyatt seem shiny in comparison. I enjoyed the detailed planning of the heists, the circuitous journeys Wyatt takes between swanky Sydney suburbs and the grimier areas of Melbourne, to his temporary home in Hobart - ready to leave at a moment’s notice if law enforcement moves in - to northern NSW and across to the tax haven of Vanuatu – a former French colony – a centre for drug smuggling and money-laundering.
Also published as The Wyatt Butterfly: Two Barrels of Classic Wyatt (bracketed with “Fallout”) – I’m looking forward to the next in the series.
Of all Australian author Garry Disher’s characters, the enigmatic Wyatt is a stand-out. A professional thief who prefers to work alone, tolerating others as required, his main heists are art works and collectables that he lifts from wealthy homes to be fenced on a hungry black market. But, when times are hard he goes for the cash too – $50 grand from the safe of the ritzy Double Bay apartment of a NSW politician. But he finds another item there, a Tiffany brooch, stolen months earlier during a bank raid in Brighton, Victoria. Its sudden reappearance marks him and his fence Jardine as targets for bent officers in the NSW and Vic Police, working for a corrupt circuit magistrate, with an accused (but not yet convicted) kiddie-fiddler roped in as a courier.
Niekirk had his own way out. He’d be carrying the money and he didn’t want Riggs and Mansell to know where he was taking it. And once he’d made the delivery, Niekirk didn’t know where the money was going. De Lisle, the man who put these jobs together, wanted it that way, and Niekirk was in no position to argue, not when De Lisle could put him in jail for a long time, and especially not when De Lisle controlled the purse strings. Disappear with the money himself? Forget it. De Lisle would find him in five seconds.
There is little honour (and less trust) between thieves. When the heists begin to unravel some look for a scapegoat or try to save their own skin, while those caught in the periphery pay the ultimate price. As always I enjoyed the dry, wry humour permeating the pages and his visual descriptions.
The vault was in a room adjoining the staff toilets along the far wall of the bank. Veiling the torch beam with his hand, Niekirk led Riggs along the main corridor, past a storeroom and the manager’s office, and across an open area where desks and cabinets squatted like outcrops of granite on a wintry plain.
This “cat’s cradle” of a novel had me hooked from the start - the intrigue and villains who make Wyatt seem shiny in comparison. I enjoyed the detailed planning of the heists, the circuitous journeys Wyatt takes between swanky Sydney suburbs and the grimier areas of Melbourne, to his temporary home in Hobart - ready to leave at a moment’s notice if law enforcement moves in - to northern NSW and across to the tax haven of Vanuatu – a former French colony – a centre for drug smuggling and money-laundering.
Also published as The Wyatt Butterfly: Two Barrels of Classic Wyatt (bracketed with “Fallout”) – I’m looking forward to the next in the series.
February 22, 2016
PROTAGONIST: Wyatt, professional thief
SETTING: Australia
SERIES: #5 of 7
RATING: 3.5
The job is going really smoothly. The target is a politician named Cassandra Wintergreen, and Wyatt has found her hidden safe, the contents of which include a lot of money and an ornate Tiffany brooch. If he only knew how much trouble that brooch would cause him, he probably would have left it behind. It was originally stolen from a bank by a group known as The Magnetic Drill Gang who were working with a corrupt judge who set up their various heists and received their ill-gotten gains. It gets even more complicated when Wyatt tries to fence the jewelry through an intermediary named Liz Redding, who is not what she seems. The fact that the brooch has surfaced has put Wyatt in the cross hairs of the Magnetic Drill Gang and Judge Victor De Lisle.
The only “good guy” in this book is Liz Redding, who attempts to mete out justice in spite of very difficult circumstances; but she isn’t exactly a straight arrow either. The Gang is composed of a group of crooked police officers. Wyatt is a loner who doesn’t trust anyone but does exhibit some admirable traits, such as loyalty to those he works with. Ultimately, he’s a professional thief and not any kind of role model. Nobody hesitates to kill someone if they’re getting in the way.
The book resembles a caper with the Gang and Liz going after Wyatt, and Wyatt and the Gang going after De Lisle, although it has a much darker edge than one might expect. All roads lead to the judge, and there is a sense that some sort of justice has been served, if not of the respectable kind.
PORT VILA BLUES was originally published in 1995 and is the fifth book in the Wyatt series. Thankfully, Soho Crime has been reissuing this excellent series, including the seventh book, WYATT, which was a finalist for the Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel in Australia. Folks who are fans of Richard Stark’s Parker will find much to like in Wyatt, although these books aren’t as dark as Stark’s.
SETTING: Australia
SERIES: #5 of 7
RATING: 3.5
The job is going really smoothly. The target is a politician named Cassandra Wintergreen, and Wyatt has found her hidden safe, the contents of which include a lot of money and an ornate Tiffany brooch. If he only knew how much trouble that brooch would cause him, he probably would have left it behind. It was originally stolen from a bank by a group known as The Magnetic Drill Gang who were working with a corrupt judge who set up their various heists and received their ill-gotten gains. It gets even more complicated when Wyatt tries to fence the jewelry through an intermediary named Liz Redding, who is not what she seems. The fact that the brooch has surfaced has put Wyatt in the cross hairs of the Magnetic Drill Gang and Judge Victor De Lisle.
The only “good guy” in this book is Liz Redding, who attempts to mete out justice in spite of very difficult circumstances; but she isn’t exactly a straight arrow either. The Gang is composed of a group of crooked police officers. Wyatt is a loner who doesn’t trust anyone but does exhibit some admirable traits, such as loyalty to those he works with. Ultimately, he’s a professional thief and not any kind of role model. Nobody hesitates to kill someone if they’re getting in the way.
The book resembles a caper with the Gang and Liz going after Wyatt, and Wyatt and the Gang going after De Lisle, although it has a much darker edge than one might expect. All roads lead to the judge, and there is a sense that some sort of justice has been served, if not of the respectable kind.
PORT VILA BLUES was originally published in 1995 and is the fifth book in the Wyatt series. Thankfully, Soho Crime has been reissuing this excellent series, including the seventh book, WYATT, which was a finalist for the Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel in Australia. Folks who are fans of Richard Stark’s Parker will find much to like in Wyatt, although these books aren’t as dark as Stark’s.
March 29, 2020
An Australian heist novel that features Wyatt, a very well prepared thief, who has the task of burglarizing a lawyer's home and stealing her valuables. One of the items he takes is a diamond Tiffany brooch. When news of the brooch being stolen comes to light it kicks off quite the hornets nest. There are so many potential double crosses with everyone focused on taking their revenge on one man. It was rather amusing to see Wyatt and others all targeting the same person and all for different reasons. It was a little slow to set up the story but once it got going it was fairly entertaining.
August 18, 2012
Port Vila Blues by Garry Disher
Set in Australia, Port Vila Blues is the fifth in Garry Disher's series featuring a thief named Wyatt, who is as skilled at his chosen career as any legitimate professional. He uses his considerable intelligence to scientifically plan his "jobs." He trusts no one, not even his long-time partner, Jardine, but he nearly succumbs to the charms of a "fence" who is interested in a piece he steals from the empty home of Cassandra Wintergreen, a member of the Australian parliament.
Jardine, however, has suffered an injury that resulted in minor brain damage, impairing his thinking and memory, so Wyatt must depend on himself. When he discovers that the Tiffany brooch he stole from MP Wintergreen had been previously stolen in a bank robbery by an elusive gang, Wyatt becomes enmeshed in a situation that threatens to spiral out of control, as it involves police on the take and even a judge who uses his position to amass a fortune in stolen treasures.
Even though few of the characters are likeable, they are are real, and Disher maintains the pace of the story. It never lets up as it moves from Australia to Vanuatu and back again. Every character in the novel seems to have a double life, and you never know who is the "good guy" and who the "bad guy," if there is such a thing. The Australian slang adds a fun element to the story for American readers, but the story could be anywhere. It is a roller coaster ride where you aren't sure which thieves to root for. Port Vila Blues is a great "cops and robbers" story that will keep you turning the pages.
Set in Australia, Port Vila Blues is the fifth in Garry Disher's series featuring a thief named Wyatt, who is as skilled at his chosen career as any legitimate professional. He uses his considerable intelligence to scientifically plan his "jobs." He trusts no one, not even his long-time partner, Jardine, but he nearly succumbs to the charms of a "fence" who is interested in a piece he steals from the empty home of Cassandra Wintergreen, a member of the Australian parliament.
Jardine, however, has suffered an injury that resulted in minor brain damage, impairing his thinking and memory, so Wyatt must depend on himself. When he discovers that the Tiffany brooch he stole from MP Wintergreen had been previously stolen in a bank robbery by an elusive gang, Wyatt becomes enmeshed in a situation that threatens to spiral out of control, as it involves police on the take and even a judge who uses his position to amass a fortune in stolen treasures.
Even though few of the characters are likeable, they are are real, and Disher maintains the pace of the story. It never lets up as it moves from Australia to Vanuatu and back again. Every character in the novel seems to have a double life, and you never know who is the "good guy" and who the "bad guy," if there is such a thing. The Australian slang adds a fun element to the story for American readers, but the story could be anywhere. It is a roller coaster ride where you aren't sure which thieves to root for. Port Vila Blues is a great "cops and robbers" story that will keep you turning the pages.
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June 1, 2016Ahhhh! I got to Chapter 33 - then the book went back to chapter 24, continued to chapter 33 THEN FINISHED!!!!!! Way to enrage someone
December 23, 2020
I have read all of the Challis and Destry series and the Hirsch series and loved them all. With Wyatt, Disher has turned tables on us, trying to explore the world through the eyes of a master criminal who is a sort of anti-Challis but just as capable, ruthless, determined and self-sufficient. As the Wyatt series goes on, there is less and less moral ambiguity and only a growing sense that Wyatt is a deeply inadequate and increasingly obnoxious character. In Port Vila Blues, the only character with any redeeming features at all is Liz Redding, the undercover cop, and even she begins to drift over to the dark side. So I am not really sure what Disher is on about in this series. As one would expect, it is well written and highly paced – if that’s all you care about, go for it. Just don’t expect anything uplifting and don’t expect the good guys to win.
December 28, 2021
I was surprised when I picked this up to see that the main character, Wyatt, is not a detective but a professional thief. This time he gets more than he bargained for when he finds a valuable piece of Tiffany jewellery when he burgles a woman’s home. Life gets very complicated for Wyatt (and the reader) as there are many people with an interest in the Tiffany piece, including bent cops and magistrates. The settings move from Sydney to Melbourne to Vanuatu.
This was a quick read that held my interest. I didn’t like it as much as some of Disher’s other books but perhaps this was because it was number 5 in the series. Perhaps I should learn more about what makes Wyatt tick by starting with number 1.
This was a quick read that held my interest. I didn’t like it as much as some of Disher’s other books but perhaps this was because it was number 5 in the series. Perhaps I should learn more about what makes Wyatt tick by starting with number 1.
November 29, 2021
Wyatt is a good thief, experienced and independent but his friend Jardine was injured in a previous job and needs looking after so he's working to support himself and Jardine as the story begins. The job involves a simple home robbery but along with the money he came for, Wyatt finds a Tiffany brooch and that sets off a chain reaction when he tries to sell it.
In the process he unsettles the web of crooked police who benefit from crime, and the man who directs the drug trade and robbery from his legal position in the courts.
In the process he unsettles the web of crooked police who benefit from crime, and the man who directs the drug trade and robbery from his legal position in the courts.
August 27, 2024
3.75- 4. Mostly I was engaged. Even listened at normal speed. Story was from the standpoints of several characters: various thieves, police. When it ended it was abrupt and I was irritated for about 10 minutes, like riding a horse to a jump and then it stops but you keep going. But then I finished it in my head and I’m pretty sure it went on to end in the satisfying way I ended it. Probably why Garry Disher did it that way- a brain exercise.
June 19, 2019
I'm sure I would have enjoyed this book more had I read the preceding books. I'm not sure I was aware that I was reading number 5 in the series. At any rate, it doesn't stand alone well as there is no introduction to who the main character (Wyatt) is when the book starts, though it takes almost no time to realize he's on the wrong side of the law.
November 2, 2019
The weakest in the Wyatt series. A very murky, disjointed plot involving a burglary ring and a lot of corrupt authority figures. Not enough Wyatt, who gets involved by accident, too many subplots that don’t go anywhere, and too much of the real bad guys, especially the very unappealing mastermind. The ending is a train wreck.
April 27, 2019
a lot of characters, a lot of stories. quick interesting read.
March 31, 2020
Really enjoy Gary Disher novels featuring Wyatt, a likeable rogue
November 3, 2020
Huge letdown. Muddled plot, and way too much time spent with secondary and uninteresting characters.
January 3, 2022
Frustrating not being able to read the earlier books, but a treat! Garry Disher writes a great story --a word or two encaptures a personality -- super plotting. Wyatt great fun!
October 27, 2024
Solid thriller
March 10, 2025
Have read most of the Wyatt series, and thoroughly enjoyed them. This one is a little more complicated with several crooked fingers in the pie, but I'm still a fan.
October 4, 2025
Wyatt is almost an Aussie Jack Reacher. Silly but stupidly entertaining.
Why does he always end up with the girl? 🤔
Why does he always end up with the girl? 🤔
January 18, 2013
Although I had heard of this Australian author, before picking up “Port Vila Blues,” I had not read any of his previous novels. He has written over 40 books, including most conspicuously the Inspector Hal Challis series. This book, written in 1995, is the fifth in the Wyatt series, which now total seven entries, and is the first published in the US.
The protagonist, Vietnam vet Wyatt Wareen, is a thief, and the book is filled with his cohorts and colleagues of equally unlawful lifestyles, all of them with virtually no redeeming qualities, and quite unsympathetic, with a propensity for violence, racism, anti-Semitism, misogyny - - well, you get my drift. Wyatt, a man with “the habit of permanent vigilance,” is an original and interesting creation. At one point, he reflects on his past: “A year ago he’d traveled these waters alone in a stolen motorboat. Having shot a man who’d sold him out, he’d been on the run. He usually was, in those days.” At another point, he reflects further: “The old ways were gone, it seemed. Men like him - - private, professional, meticulous - - were anachronistic in a world given over to impulse and display.”
The book shifts in time, place and p.o.v. with sufficient frequency to induce, if not exactly whiplash, at least occasional momentary confusion, as it veers from one well-planned robbery to another, with rampant corruption making it impossible to separate the good guys from the bad. The book is a satisfying read, with a suspenseful denouement, and while not without its faults, it is recommended.
April 29, 2010
It was supposed to be a quick job. A politician, away from her home, crack the safe, and get the $50,000 bribe. She wouldn't dare report it.
But Wyatt found more in the safe. A diamond-studded Tiffany brooch. He took it and, when he tried to fence it, set off a chain reaction. It turned out the brooch was stolen several months before in a bank heist of safe deposit boxes by what had been dubbed The Magnetic Drill gang.
While with the fence in a restaurant to exchange the brooch for a $25,000 fee paid by the insurance corporation, a drug addict came in to rob the till. Wyatt was immediately suspicious when the man was using a .357 magnum. When he turned to them and headed their way. alarms went off.
Someone wanted him dead.
Besides the bribed politician, throw in a couple of crooked cops, a dirty magistrate involved in an elaborate theft ring, another cop undercover, and a fabulous stolen jewelry collection, the Asahi Collection, that Wyatt decided to claim as his own, our favorite man was lined up for a big pay day if he could survive all those obstacles in front of him.
But Wyatt found more in the safe. A diamond-studded Tiffany brooch. He took it and, when he tried to fence it, set off a chain reaction. It turned out the brooch was stolen several months before in a bank heist of safe deposit boxes by what had been dubbed The Magnetic Drill gang.
While with the fence in a restaurant to exchange the brooch for a $25,000 fee paid by the insurance corporation, a drug addict came in to rob the till. Wyatt was immediately suspicious when the man was using a .357 magnum. When he turned to them and headed their way. alarms went off.
Someone wanted him dead.
Besides the bribed politician, throw in a couple of crooked cops, a dirty magistrate involved in an elaborate theft ring, another cop undercover, and a fabulous stolen jewelry collection, the Asahi Collection, that Wyatt decided to claim as his own, our favorite man was lined up for a big pay day if he could survive all those obstacles in front of him.
October 17, 2024
It's an entertaining heist story - Wyatt is a Vietnam vet and professional robber, who believes in meticulous planning and minimal risk for maximal returns. It just doesn't always work out that way. What starts out as a routine robbery, under contract, with a guaranteed return - a home safe, some illicit cash - turns into something altogether different when he finds a spectacular Tiffany diamond brooch hidden under the cash. The whole point of the robbery was to get some cash to help his sick partner Frank Jardine, but the brooch seems like a risk free bonus.
The multilayered criminal enterprise Wyatt is part of, involves unbeknownst to him, a group of crooked cops and a seriously bent magistrate. There are multiple cutouts so nobody except those at the very top know who is up to what. The risks are much higher than he dreamt of, and it takes all his skill and a helpful female cop to extricate himself from the situation.
The multilayered criminal enterprise Wyatt is part of, involves unbeknownst to him, a group of crooked cops and a seriously bent magistrate. There are multiple cutouts so nobody except those at the very top know who is up to what. The risks are much higher than he dreamt of, and it takes all his skill and a helpful female cop to extricate himself from the situation.
August 22, 2011
To read a crime fiction novel through the eyes of the 'perp' is a refreshing angle for me. Wyatt is crusty tough, but has some endearing qualities and old school loyalties that make him a likeable rogue. As a reader, you feel good when Wyatt gets away with a crime. You are on-side with the 'baddie' and it feels good!
The book is set in Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart and Vanuatu and the action races easily from one location to the next.
Wyatt is a likeable crim and I really enjoyed spending a few hours with him. If you like Australian crime fiction, with gritty stripped-down bad guys, then I am sure you will too!
The book is set in Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart and Vanuatu and the action races easily from one location to the next.
Wyatt is a likeable crim and I really enjoyed spending a few hours with him. If you like Australian crime fiction, with gritty stripped-down bad guys, then I am sure you will too!
February 7, 2016
The second of Garry Disher's Wyatt series pubished in the US. I seriously love Disher's Hal Challis series, and the Wyatt books are great fun with a 'professional thief' as the main man.... I enjoyed the Wyatt book very much, but this one not as much as the earlier US publication. With the time difference between the books being published in Australia and then those published in the US, I'm not sure if that has anything to do with my reaction. I enjoyed the book, but was not as excited by it as I was by the first one I read or by the Hal Challis series. In any case, it's probably a 3 1/2 stars in my universe....
November 5, 2013
I dislike starting a series with book five. Sadly there were no other options as the first four books in the series are only available in mass market paperback, and the current asking price is beyond anything I am willing to spend for a mass market paperback (from $45 - $60). That having been said, I loved this book. Fast exciting reading with non stop action. The Australian setting is a great plus to the book. If you enjoy rooting for the bad guys this book is for you. I hope Soho Books brings out the first four books in the series.
January 27, 2013
Wyatt is a crook. Pulling off the successful heist of a mark, one of the items in the safe, in addition to the cash he had been told about, is a very expensive and eminently traceable Tiffany brooch. That brooch was about to cause some serious problems. A gang of crooked cops had lifted the thing in an earlier heist and now they have reason to believe someone was skimming from the take.
Add Wyatt to your list of favorite crooks alongside Parker and Nolan.
Add Wyatt to your list of favorite crooks alongside Parker and Nolan.
November 2, 2015
It was good. It just wasn't great. It's very obvious that this is a male author. He writes like a man. The focus is on the details not feelings. It's fast paced and focused on action rather than characters. Also, this is the first book I've read with the man character Wyatt so I feel like I am missing a lot of back story that would help me understand him better. I have the next book "Fallout" but haven't picked it up yet.
September 20, 2016
I think this is the first one I have read, although it is no. 5. Interesting, taking place in Australia and Vanuatu, mostly all crooks, whether police, judiciary or thieves. Slow to get rolling, but maybe a feature of Australian fiction(although not necessarily my previous experience), and ends rather abruptly. Good story in between. I will look for others by this author.
October 2, 2012
I really wanted to give this a 3.5. It's not as good as Wyatt which I read for mystery book group but an entertaining read nonetheless. Hopefully the rest of the series will soon be published in the US so I can read them in order. Especially liked Liz Redding and hope she turns up in the next one.
March 29, 2012
Good, solid 'roman noir'.
I like the Wyatt character, although he's not particularly nice...
I like the Wyatt character, although he's not particularly nice...
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