Author Talk: Chris Hammer

Join us for an afternoon with bestselling Australian author Chris Hammer at Campbelltown Library, speaking about his latest thriller, Legacy. In conversation with our own Sonja Lawrance, this will be an author talk not to miss!

Copies of Legacy will be available to purchase on the day from QBD TTP and have signed by Chris.

This is a free event but bookings are required.

About the Book:

The blast hits them, a shock wave … glass smashing ... Somewhere a woman screams. A second explosion, and Martin looks towards the hall, what's left of it, flames roaring and smoke pouring skywards.

Someone is targeting Martin Scarsden. They bomb his book launch and shoot up his hometown.

Fleeing for his life, he learns that nowhere is safe, not even the outback. The killers are closing in, and it's all he can do to survive.

But who wants to kill him and why? Can he discover their deadly motives and turn the tables?

In a dramatic finale, Martin finds his fate linked to the disgraced ex-wife of a football icon, a fugitive wanted for a decades-old murder, and two 19th Century explorers from a legendary expedition.

Martin Scarsden's most perilous, challenging and intriguing assignment yet.

About the Author:

Chris Hammer is a leading Australian author of crime fiction. His first novel,Scrublands, was an instant bestseller when it was published in mid-2018. It won the prestigious UK Crime Writers Association John Creasey Award for best debut crime novel in 2019 and was shortlisted for various awards in Australia and the United States. Scrublands and subsequent books have been sold into translation in multiple languages, and made into a hit television series. His follow-up books — Silver (2019), Trust (2020), Treasure & Dirt (2021), The Tilt (2022), The Seven (2023) and The Valley (2024) — are also bestsellers, and all have been shortlisted for major literary prizes. Legacy is Chris's eighth book.

Before turning to fiction, Chris was a journalist for more than thirty years, dividing his career between covering Australian federal politics and international affairs. He reported from more than thirty countries on six continents with SBS TV, while in Canberra his roles included chief political correspondent for The Bulletin, senior writer for The Age and online political editor for the Sydney Morning Herald.

Chris has also written two non-fiction books,The River (2010; 2025) and The Coast (2012). He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Charles Sturt University and a master's degree in international relations from the Australian National University.  

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