Meet Cliff Hardy - hes a smoker, drinker, ex-boxer and private investigator, a real tough guy. When the wealthy yet eccentric Bryn Gutteridge hires Hardy to help his twin sister, it looks as if blackmail is the problem - that is, until the case becomes more brutal, twisted and shocking than even Hardy could have guessed. The worldly PI Cliff Hardy enjoys a reputatation in Australia as the quintessential tough-guy crime buster. Originally published in 1980, The Dying Trade was the beginning of an epic series that continues to this day.