Crime Down Under: The Dragon Man

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Richard Dillane

Penny Downie

Mark Little

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Mali Harries

Dan Hunter

Mufrida Hayes

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Phil McKenzie

Fiona Marr

Kerry Gooderson

Garry Disher

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Drama on 4: Crime Down Under: The Dragon Man

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Showcasing the best crime fiction from contemporary Australia. DI Challis needs a lead.

Showcasing the best crime fiction from contemporary Australia. In The Dragon Man by Garry Disher, it's hot, it's nearly Christmas, and Hal Challis needs a lead on a serial killer.

By Garry Disher, dramatised by D.J.Britton.

It's hot, it's nearly Christmas, and Hal Challis has a serial killer to catch. On the Mornington Peninsula near Melbourne, young women are being targeted and murdered and the perpetrator leaves no clues. A series of recorded messages taunting the police, along with a spate of deliberate fire-setting, increase the pressure on the team to make an arrest before the holiday. But they can't find anything to connect the crimes with their only suspect. 

Crime Down Under showcases the best crime fiction from contemporary Australia. The Dragon Man is the first in Garry Disher's series of novels featuring detective duo Challis & Destry. It won the Deutsche Krimi Preis (German Crime Fiction Prize) and Disher has also twice won the Ned Kelly Award for Crime Writing.

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Richard Dillane's multiple credits include recent appearances in Peaky Blinders, Poldark and Wolf Hall. Penny Downie is a leading actress for the RSC, including paying Gertrude to David Tennant's Hamlet. As a child, she appeared in The Sullivans, which was the last time she worked with fellow-Australian Mark Little. Mark is known as Joe Mangel from Neighbours as well as appearing in Emmerdale and as a presenter for The Big Breakfast.

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