Consolation is the new novel by Garry Disher, the celebrated, bestselling author of Peace, and one of Australia’s greatest crime writers.

It’s winter in Tiverton. After the fires of the previous summer, the rains have come at last. There are green shoots in the paddocks and snow on the Razorback—and Constable Paul Hirschhausen has his hands full, with a child in danger at home and a father on the rampage over at the primary school.

Hirsch knows how quickly problems like these can escalate, when families are under pressure and financial problems become overwhelming. But it’s always a surprise when the killing starts.

Bestselling crime writer Garry Disher is a master of the form. Consolation takes us back to the world of Bitter Wash Road and Peace, the hardscrabble landscape in South Australia’s dry country patrolled by Constable Paul Hirschhausen.