That Empty Feeling

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That Empty Feeling is a 2016 crime fiction novel by Australian writer Peter Corris. [1] It is the 41st novel in Corris' series of works about Cliff Hardy, a fictional private investigator who lives and works in the inner suburbs of Sydney. The novel is a reminiscence about a case in the 1980s. [2]

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References

  1. Popple, Jeff (26 February 2016). "Book review: That Empty Feeling, by Peter Corris". The Sydney Morning Herald . Fairfax Media . Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  2. Graeme Blundell (28 February 2015). "Peter Corris's hard-boiled detective Cliff Hardy still solving cases". The Australian . News Corp Australia . Retrieved 2 April 2016.