That Empty Feeling

{{Short description|2016 crime novel by Australian writer Peter Corris}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox book| | name = That Empty Feeling | title_orig = | translator = | image = That Empty Feeling.jpg | caption = First edition (publ. Allen & Unwin) | author = Peter Corris | cover_artist = | country = Australia | language = English | series = Cliff Hardy | genre = Crime fiction | publisher = Allen and Unwin | release_date = 2016 | media_type = Print | pages = 264 | isbn = 9781760112073 | preceded_by = Gun Control | followed_by = Win, Lose or Draw }}

'''''That Empty Feeling''''' is a 2016 crime fiction novel by Australian writer Peter Corris.<ref name=NLA>{{cite web|title= ''That Empty Feeling'' by Peter Corris|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7295130 |access-date= 25 May 2026}}</ref>

It was the thirty-sixth novel, and forty-first book, featuring the author's continuing character Cliff Hardy.<ref>{{cite web|title= Austlit – Cliff Hardy series by Peter Corris|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C482773 |access-date= 25 May 2026}}</ref>

==Synopsis== An obituary of an old friend in a local newspaper causes Hardy to reminisce about a case from the 1980s that continues to haunt him.

==Critical reception==

Writing in ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' Jeff Popple called the novel "a professional and entertaining story that quickly gathers interest as Hardy tries to untangle the various strands of the conspiracy, and in the process meets some shady characters and ably handles several violent encounters."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/book-review-that-empty-feeling-by-peter-corris-20160223-gmjd3p.html|title=Book review: That Empty Feeling, by Peter Corris|last=Popple|first=Jeff|date=26 February 2016|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|accessdate=2 April 2016}}</ref>

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Category:2016 Australian novels Category:Australian crime novels Category:Novels set in Sydney Category:Allen & Unwin books Category:Works by Peter Corris