Order of Cliff Hardy Books
Cliff Hardy is the protagonist in a series of hardboiled detective fiction/crime fiction novels and stories by Australian author Peter Corris. Cliff Hardy is a private eye based from Sydney, Australia. He’s described as tall and in good shape. He’s been a boxer, soldier, lumberjack and an insurance investigator. He carries a Smith & Wesson .38 and sometimes a Colt .45.
Peter Corris began his Cliff Hardy series in 1980 with his debut novel The Dying Trade. The series is currently ongoing. Below is a list of Peter Corris’ Cliff Hardy books in order of when they were first published (which is the same as their chronological order):
Publication Order of Cliff Hardy Books
The Dying Trade | (1980) | |
White Meat | (1981) | |
The Marvellous Boy | (1982) | |
Make Me Rich | (1985) | |
The Empty Beach | (1985) | |
The Greenwich Apartments | (1986) | |
Deal Me Out | (1986) | |
The January Zone | (1987) | |
O’Fear | (1990) | |
Wet Graves | (1991) | |
Aftershock | (1991) | |
Beware of the Dog | (1992) | |
Matrimonial Causes | (1993) | |
Casino | (1994) | |
The Reward | (1997) | |
Washington Club | (1997) | |
The Black Prince | (1998) | |
Other Side of Sorrow | (1999) | |
Lugarno | (2001) | |
Salt and Blood | (2002) | |
Master’s Mates | (2003) | |
The Coast Road | (2004) | |
Saving Billie | (2005) | |
The Undertow | (2006) | |
Appeal Denied | (2007) | |
Open File | (2008) | |
Deep Water | (2009) | |
Torn Apart | (2010) | |
Follow The Money | (2011) | |
Comeback | (2012) | |
The Dunbar Case | (2013) | |
Silent Kill | (2014) | |
Gun Control | (2015) | |
That Empty Feeling | (2015) | |
Win, Lose or Draw | (2017) |
Publication Order of Cliff Hardy Collections
Heroin Annie and Other Cliff Hardy Stories | (1984) | |
Man in the Shadows | (1988) | |
The Big Drop | (1988) | |
Burn, and Other Stories | (1993) | |
Taking Care Of Business | (2004) | |
Forget Me If You Can | (2014) | |
The Big Score: Cliff Hardy Cases | (2015) |