The Heat
2017 Longlist

The Heat

ABOUT
THE BOOK

Wyatt needs a job.

A bank job would be nice, or a security van hold-up. As long as he doesn’t have to work with cocky idiots and strung-out meth-heads like the Pepper brothers. That’s the sort of miscalculation that buys you the wrong kind of time.

So he contacts a man who in the past put him on the right kind of heist. And finds himself in Noosa, stealing a painting for Hannah Sten.

He knows how it’s done: case the premises, set up escape routes and failsafes, get in and get out with the goods unrecognised. Make a good plan; back it up with another. And be very, very careful.

But who is his client? Who else wants that painting?

Sometimes, being very careful is not enough.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Garry
Disher

Garry Disher grew up on a wheat and wool farm in South Australia. He has an MA in Australian History and has lived, worked and traveled in England, Italy, Israel, the USA and southern Africa. In 1978 he was awarded a creative writing fellowship to Stanford University, where he wrote his first collection of short stories. Garry worked as a writing lecturer between the years 1980 and 1988, before becoming a full-time writer. He has published over fifty books, including short story collections, literary novels, writers’ handbooks and award-winning crime thrillers and children’s titles.

Garry Disher grew up on a wheat and wool farm in South Australia. He has an MA in Australian History and has lived, worked and traveled in England, Italy, Israel, the USA and southern Africa. In 1978 he was awarded a creative writing fellowship to Stanford University, where he wrote his first collection of short stories. Garry worked as a writing lecturer between the years 1980 and 1988, before becoming a full-time writer. He has published over fifty books, including short story collections, literary novels, writers’ handbooks and award-winning crime thrillers and children’s titles.

NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

The Heat was selected by Victoria public librarian vote from a list of nominations compiled by the State Library of Victoria.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Date published
27/04/2017
Author
Publisher
Text Publishing Company

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