'A SUPERB CHRONICLER OF COP CULTURE' - _SUNDAY TIMES_ 'DISHER IS THE GOLD STANDARD FOR RURAL NOIR' - CHRIS HAMMER 'THE EQUAL OF JOSEPH WAMBAUGH AND JAMES LEE BURKE' - _THE TIMES_ A MAN OF GOD IS NOT WITHOUT SIN School's out on the Mornington Peninsula, and the small town of Waterloo has become a hotbed for petty crimes. The Waterloo Police Department are struggling with the caseload, and Detective Inspector Hal Challis is desperate for a week without major crimes. But when a prestigious school's chaplain is beaten to the brink of death, the team's workload takes a turn for the worse. Then a local woman is found dead, and the hunt for a killer is on... FROM THE MULTIPLE NED KELLY AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF _CONSOLATION_ AND _DAY'S END_ COMES THE FIFTH HAL CHALLIS INVESTIGATION, FOR READERS OF JANE HARPER, IAN RANKIN AND CHRIS HAMMER.