Mischance Creek: an evening with Garry Disher

Wed Jul 22 2026 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm UTC+01:00

St Botolph's Church | Cambridge

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Mischance Creek: an evening with Garry Disher
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Join Australian crime writer Garry Disher at one of only a handful of UK events for his latest novel.
About this Event

Garry Disher has published over 60 highly praised, prize-winning and widely translated books in a range of genres: crime thrillers, literary/general novels, short-story collections, YA/children’s fiction and writers’ handbooks. His latest titles include the bestselling standalone crime novel, Sanctuary.

Bodies in the Bookshop is delighted to welcome Garry to Cambridge to talk about Mischance Creek - the fifth book in his prize-winning Hirsch outback cop series.

Hirsch is checking firearms. The regular police audit: all weapons secured, ammo stored separately, no unauthorised person with keys to the gun safe. He’s checking people, too. The drought is hitting hard in the mid-north, and Hirsch is responsible for the welfare of his scattered flock of battlers, bluebloods, loners and miscreants. He isn’t usually called on for emergency roadside assistance. But with all the other services fully stretched, it’s Hirsch who has to grind his way out beyond the Mischance Creek ruins to where some clueless tourist has run into a ditch.

As it turns out, though, Annika Nordrum isn’t exactly a tourist. She’s searching for the body of her mother, who went missing seven years ago. And the only sense in which she’s clueless is the lack of information unearthed by the cops who phoned in the original investigation. Hirsch owes it to Annika to help, doesn’t he? Not to mention that tackling a cold case beats the hell out of gun audits and admin . . .

Tickets are £6 and include a glass of wine or soft alternative.





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St Botolph's Church, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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GBP 6.00

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