{"product_id":"2026200014146-secondhand-the-dying-trade","title":"The Dying Trade","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: First ed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSydney's sun-drenched streets hide shadows darker than the harbour at midnight, and private investigator Cliff Hardy is about to find out just how dangerous those shadows can be. The Dying Trade, the debut novel in Peter Corris's landmark Hardy series, plunges readers into the gritty underbelly of 1970s Sydney, where Hardy is hired to investigate a seemingly routine case that rapidly unravels into a lethal web of corruption, organised crime, and murder. Corris writes with the taut economy of Raymond Chandler and the sharp local authenticity of a seasoned journalist, grounding every scene in the sweaty, sun-bleached reality of Australian urban life.\n\nThis landmark novel single-handedly established the Australian hard-boiled crime genre, earning Corris the mantle of the godfather of Australian crime fiction. Hardy himself is one of the great creations of the genre — laconic, morally stubborn, and perpetually underpaid — a man who navigates a corrupt world without ever quite becoming corrupted himself. Corris illustrates, with razor-sharp precision, that the line between the law and the lawless is drawn not in courtrooms but in back alleys, and The Dying Trade remains an essential, electrifying read for anyone who wants to understand how crime fiction found its distinctly Australian voice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49161009823963,"sku":"2026200014146-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/0592a59e-d847-4547-8c80-358b79f6b168.png?v=1787188924","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014146-secondhand-the-dying-trade","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}