Under-rated Australian Writers

You could probably just list every Australian writer in this field

I don't actually read many mystery novels... maybe I should... actually, I'm not sure why I don't.  Another mystery.

Andrew McGahan is a Brisbane boy and a big favourite of mine.  His writing's kind of grungy and definitely won't appeal to anyone who finds nothing funny about penile warts and boils, but his novels Praise and 1988 are well worth a read for anyone else.  He's written a few others as well, but I like those best.

Another Queensland writer is John Birmingham, who wrote He Died With A Felafel In His Hand, one of the best titles ever.  It's another "observing the oddities of people" kind of book, and is quite wonderfully awesome.

The great Cliff Hardy series by Peter Corris will win over any fans of the private eye genre -- though he's not your usual kind of hero.  There are about 2 dozen of these titles so they're not hard to come by.

Robert G Barrett is not underrated here, he's a legend, but most people O/S have never heard of him or his main character, a Sydney nightclub bouncer called Les Norton.   Read these.  They are unbelievably funny.