- Based in
Melbourne, Australia - Roots
Canadian–Australian - Writes
Queer crime & noir fiction - Series
The DCI Carter Mysteries - Sidekick
Mooncake (the cat)
Sustained by strong coffee and spicy margaritas.
G.D. Gaherty is a Canadian-Australian crime writer based in Melbourne, Australia, where he has made the city's laneways, cafes, and complicated social landscape his literary home.
He is the author of the DCI Carter mystery series, featuring Detective Chief Inspector Leo Carter — a sharp, morally complex investigator navigating Melbourne's criminal underbelly while grappling with his own personal demons. The series is known for its propulsive plotting, sharp dialogue, and unflinching exploration of LGBTQ history and contemporary culture.
His debut novel, High-Rise Blood, was published in 2022. Streaming Blood, the second DCI Carter novel, takes on influencer culture, a decades-old cold case targeting Melbourne's gay community, and the cost of obsession — both for killers and the detectives who chase them.
Originally from Canada, G.D. brings an outsider's eye to Melbourne, capturing what locals take for granted and finding the darkness beneath the city's celebrated café culture and cosmopolitan shine. He is drawn to stories that sit at the intersection of the personal and the political, where individual lives collide with larger social truths.
He lives in Melbourne with his cat, Mooncake, who has strong opinions about deadlines.
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