Signal Loss (novel)

Signal Loss (2016) is a novel by Australian writer Garry Disher.

This is the seventh novel, and final, in the author's "Challis/Destry" series of crime novels, following The Dragon Man (1999), Kittyhawk Down (2003), Snapshot (2005), Chain of Evidence (2007), Blood Moon (2009) and Whispering Death (2011).

Synopsis It's bush-fire season on the Mornington Peninsula; Ellen Destry is heaing up a new sexual crimes unit which is investigating a serial rapist who seems to leave behind no clues at all, and Hal Challis is dealing with a meth crisis in the district. When two bodies are found in a burnt-out car, Challis suspects a double murder but his case is taken over by Melbourne's Major Drugs Division. Meanwhile Destry stumbles on a meth lab that may also be connected.

Critical reception Writing for the Newton Review of Books Karen Chisholm states: "Disher is not afraid to use his novels to explore difficult questions, to highlight injustices and to dig deep into law-enforcement frustrations – and what causes a lot of crime in the first place."

Publication history After its original publication in 2016 by Text Publishing the novel was later reprinted as follows:

2017 Text Publishing, Australia 2017 Soho Press, USA

The novel was also translated into Italian in 2019.

See also 2017 in Australian literature

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