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23) Murder must wait
Author
Publisher
Ulverscroft
Pub. Date
1975, c1953
Language
English
Description
In the little town of Mitford, New South Wales, four babies have been stolen - all boys, all under three months old, and all apparently neglected by their mothers. The local police have given up and the trail is cold. Then a fifth child vanishes, and the mother is found dead next to the empty cot. Inspector Bonaparte is called in, first to find the missing children, and only then to solve the murder...
Author
Publisher
Bolinda Softcovers
Pub. Date
2000, c1946
Language
English
Description
On special assignment with Military Intelligence, Detective-Inspector Bonaparte leaves his familiar Australian outback environment for Melbourne and a nearby mountain resort. Although out of his element with city people, Bony displays his characteristic skills to interpret some puzzling clues in the search for a wily killer...
The complex half-caste Bony is, I think, my favourite fictional detective of the past twenty years. - Anthony Boucher, The...
Author
Publisher
Ulverscroft
Pub. Date
[1974, ©1952]
Language
English
Description
The nude body of a man is discovered entombed in the walls of Split Point Lighthouse on the SE Coast of Australia. Investigating this eerie crime Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte wonders why a coffin is moved at night, who was the girl seen struggling with Dick Lake on the cliff top, and what caused the bully Buccaneers to deal in death. --Book jacket.
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