Yep, I'd have to toss in my two cents here. The Cliff Hardy
series by Peter Corris, set in Sydney, are simply one of the
great current P.I. series, featuring good ol' pulp-style
action, fresh settings and enough lean, tight writing to wash
out that lukewarm, fatty taste left behind by so many of his
overly-praised and overly self-conscious (Hey, look at me,
ma, I'm writing!) American contemporaries.
And the one film I know of based on the series, THE EMPTY
BEACH, is a fine P.I. flick well worth tracking down --
nothing astounding, perhaps-- but good solid fare with Bryan
Brown well cast as Hardy.
Which makes it all the more of a shame that the books, at
least in paperback, are now so damn hard to find in North
America.
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