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Shot Clock
Series: The Fighting Detective
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One dead coach. Countless secrets. Zero suspects. Can Detective Lisbon find the killer? A hit-and-run victim lies shattered on a sunlit street. The victim: Dale Collins, legendary coach of the Yorkville Scorpions. After decades of heartbreak, his team was finally on the verge of their first...
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One dead coach. Countless secrets. Zero suspects. Can Detective Lisbon find the killer?
A hit-and-run victim lies shattered on a sunlit street. The victim: Dale Collins, legendary coach of the Yorkville Scorpions. After decades of heartbreak, his team was finally on the verge of their first championship. Now, they're reeling from a murder that's left a community in shock.
The killers were meticulous. No DNA. No prints. No witnesses. Nothing but questions.
For Detective Sergeant Jack Lisbon, an ex-boxer haunted by his own demons, this case cuts deep. Together with DC Claudia Taylor, he's racing to untangle a web of long-buried grudges and dark secrets. Their suspect list reads like a stadium roster—each with the motive and means to want Collins dead.
As the playoffs loom and pressure mounts, Lisbon and Taylor discover that in Yorkville, vengeance is a game played for the highest stakes.
Shot Clock, the second installment in Blair Denholm's gripping The Fighting Detective series, takes readers on a heart-pounding journey through the gritty underbelly of a town gripped by fear.
Praise for The Fighting Detective series:
★★★★★ Intense from the first page.
★★★★★ A beautifully crafted novel that you won't want to put down!
★★★★★ Keeps the reader burning through the pages until the end.
★★★★★ I was hooked.
★★★★★ Loved it!
★★★★★ A definite winner.
Series: The Fighting Detective
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Drop Shot
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Shot Clock
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Trick Shot
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Book Details
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ISBN: 9781036708245
Publisher: Vinci Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 29 January 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vinci Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 284
About the Author
BLAIR DENHOLM is a born-and-bred Australian crime fiction writer whose previous jobs have been as varied as translator, debt collector, technology researcher, banking and insurance consultant, and even car-wash attendant. Over the years he has lived and worked in New York, Moscow, Munich, Abu Dhabi and Australia. His life-long love of sports is reflected in the plots of the Fighting Detective series.Denholm's flagship series, The Fighting Detective, stars ex-boxer Detective Sergeant Jack Lisbon and is set in the steamy tropics of North Queensland, Australia. The series features heavy doses of noir crime with a vigilante justice twist. So far there are eight novels and one prequel novella in the series, with more in the pipeline.Denholm's debut novel, SOLD, is the first in a noir trilogy featuring the detestable yet lovable one-man wrecking ball Gary Braswell. The book was long-listed for movie adaptation by Screen Queensland in 2019. The other books in this series are Sold to the Devil and Sold Dirt Cheap.Denholm has also written two thriller novels set in Russia. Captain Viktor Voloshin is a hard-boiled investigator who has to fight the establishment in order for justice to be served in his own special way. The first in this series, Revolution Day, was published in 2021, with the follow-up, The Defector, released in 2024. One more book will round off this series.In 2024, Denholm will be signing on with UK-based publisher Vinci Books.Blair Denholm grew up in suburban Brisbane, Queensland. After two lengthy stints in Tasmania, he now resides in the relatively cooler climes of the Southern Downs region of Queensland with his partner, Sandra, and faithful dog, Bruno.
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Drop Shot
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Moving Target
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Point Blank
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