Kingdom of the Strong
Jul 2015 · The Darian Richards Series Book 4 · Hachette UK
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Acclaimed crime writer Tony Cavanaugh is back with a gripping new novel featuring Australia's answer to Michael Connelly's Hieronymus Bosch - Darian Richards.
Darian Richards is an ex-cop, a good one. He did whatever it took to solve a crime and stop the bad guy. Whatever it took! But after sixteen years as the head of Victoria's Homicide Squad, he'd had enough of promising victims' families he'd find the answers they needed. He had to walk away to save his sanity.
Now Police Commissioner Copeland Walsh has tracked Darian down. He needs him to help clear an old case. The death of Isobel Vine. The coroner gave an open finding. An open finding that never cleared the cloud of doubt that hovered over four young cops who were present the night Isobel died.
Twenty-five years later, one of those young cops is next in line to become police commissioner, so Copeland Walsh needs the case closed once and for all. In his mind there is only one man for the job. One man who would be completely independent. One man who has never bowed to political or police pressure. One man who knows how to get the job done - Darian Richards.
Darian is going back to stir a hornet's nest. But once Darian is on a case he won't back off tracking down evil, no matter who he has to take down.
'Cavanaugh has created a fascinating hero who is a law unto himself. Worthy of the world stage' - West Australian
'Cavanaugh's best novel to date' - Sunday Canberra Times
'Dark and powerful, this is Cavanaugh's best novel to date' - Newcastle Herald
'This is the Cavanaugh's fourth novel, and like the others is outstanding' - Illawarra Mercury
The Darian Richards Series
Promise
Dead Girl Sing
The Soft Touch (Short Story)
The Train Rider
Kingdom of the Strong
Darian Richards is an ex-cop, a good one. He did whatever it took to solve a crime and stop the bad guy. Whatever it took! But after sixteen years as the head of Victoria's Homicide Squad, he'd had enough of promising victims' families he'd find the answers they needed. He had to walk away to save his sanity.
Now Police Commissioner Copeland Walsh has tracked Darian down. He needs him to help clear an old case. The death of Isobel Vine. The coroner gave an open finding. An open finding that never cleared the cloud of doubt that hovered over four young cops who were present the night Isobel died.
Twenty-five years later, one of those young cops is next in line to become police commissioner, so Copeland Walsh needs the case closed once and for all. In his mind there is only one man for the job. One man who would be completely independent. One man who has never bowed to political or police pressure. One man who knows how to get the job done - Darian Richards.
Darian is going back to stir a hornet's nest. But once Darian is on a case he won't back off tracking down evil, no matter who he has to take down.
'Cavanaugh has created a fascinating hero who is a law unto himself. Worthy of the world stage' - West Australian
'Cavanaugh's best novel to date' - Sunday Canberra Times
'Dark and powerful, this is Cavanaugh's best novel to date' - Newcastle Herald
'This is the Cavanaugh's fourth novel, and like the others is outstanding' - Illawarra Mercury
The Darian Richards Series
Promise
Dead Girl Sing
The Soft Touch (Short Story)
The Train Rider
Kingdom of the Strong
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November 17, 2022
I finished it when I should have stopped, but I like to know how the mystery, any mystery, is solved. The events were unrealistic. The characters were bland or cliched: the socially inept techno geek, no hum; the 'heart of gold' former crook who exploited prostitutes but is really a good guy and his heroic mates forever bikey buddies; and not to leave out the main character who is 'fighting with his own demons'. I mean, really. This is formulaic stuff. The gratuitous intersperseions of character introspection were tedious; and historical interludes were mechanical. Deus ex Machina.
Rodney Jones
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November 20, 2015
Darrian Richards rights wrongs and deals out punishment to those that truly deserve it. I love these books. Keep writing Tony...
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Robin Rowlands
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April 19, 2021
Cavanaugh is an amazing writer. The best.
About the author
Tony Cavanaugh is an Australian crime novelist, screenwriter and film and television producer. He has over thirty years' experience in the film industry, has lectured at several prestigious universities and has been a regular guest on radio commenting on the film and television industry. His Darian Richards novels which include PROMISE, DEAD GIRL SING and THE TRAIN RIDER, have been highly praised. For more information about Tony Cavanaugh visit his Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/tonycavanaugh888) or follow him on Twitter (@TonyCavanaugh1).
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