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Wyatt, Book 1

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By: Garry Disher
Narrated by: Dorje Swallow
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The first book in the acclaimed Wyatt series, by one of Australia’s most revered crime writers.

Wyatt robs banks and payroll vans. Most men like him are dead or in jail, but Wyatt stamps a cold, pitiless style on his heists and has never been caught. Now his funds are low and his luck is running out - until the day Anna Reid explains about the kickback in her partner’s safe.

But other players are involved. In Wyatt’s world, there is no yielding, no redemption, and when he’s crossed, the outcome is inevitable.

©1991 Garry Disher (P)2022 W. F. Howes Ltd & Ultimo Press Crime Fiction Modern Detectives Mystery Crime Fiction Suspense

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"Tough, realistic, crime-from-the-inside...." (Sydney Morning Herald)
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No doubt about Disher… he knows how to put together a good yarn… and that’s just the start of the series!

Suspenseful listen with edgy twists

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I liked the fast pace of this story and the lack of other irrelevant sideline stories that don't add any real value to the whole plot. I'll be listening to the next book in the series for sure.

Punchy and fast paced

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The first in a series about the career criminal Wyatt, who usually pulls a couple of big jobs and lives on the proceeds the rest of the year.
But, running short of funds, he is drawn into a job with a wannabe gangster obsessed with the outlaw James gang. When things go wrong he takes on other jobs and the novel tracks these in well-paced, economical prose. It is hard boiled without hard boiled similes and metaphors, and as readers we side with Wyatt, a calculating, violent anti-hero.
Dorje Swallow’s is excellent, just right for this genre.

Crime from the criminals’ point of view

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loved it! Wyatt is a perfect anti hero, not likeable exactly but his ruthless honour demands respect

1st book in Wyatt series

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It is fun to have Australian writers if crime to read/listen too these days.
It is interesting too that this one is set in Victoria Australia and in areas of Melbourne that l have personal experiences of.
The story line is also imaginable here too.

A really good yarn.

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