- Hardcover: 272 pages
- Publisher: William Morrow; 1 Us ed edition (April 19 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0688171923
- ISBN-13: 978-0688171926
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.5 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 544 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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"Enough plot twists and conspiracy-making ingredients to satisfy the most demanding aficionado of the genre." -- --Irish Times
"The Malone stories come alive through their setting...Cleary's writing is seamless and his plots imaginative and mature." -- --Miami Herald
"The business of a novelist is to tell a story. Jon Cleary has that talent in abundance." -- --Sunday Express
"We happily pitch ourselves into Scobie Malone's wonderful adventures in Aussie-land...real thrills and surprising laughs." -- --New York Times
"When the ruminants and lucre-chasers are growing lichen on library shelves, Jon Cleary will continue to be read." -- --Los Angeles Times
"Wonderful adventures in Aussie-land . . . real thrills and surprising laughs." -- The New York Times
"The Malone stories come alive through their setting...Cleary's writing is seamless and his plots imaginative and mature." -- --Miami Herald
"The business of a novelist is to tell a story. Jon Cleary has that talent in abundance." -- --Sunday Express
"We happily pitch ourselves into Scobie Malone's wonderful adventures in Aussie-land...real thrills and surprising laughs." -- --New York Times
"When the ruminants and lucre-chasers are growing lichen on library shelves, Jon Cleary will continue to be read." -- --Los Angeles Times
"Wonderful adventures in Aussie-land . . . real thrills and surprising laughs." -- The New York Times
Book Description
When Scobie Malone returns to the bush town of Collamundra to apprehend a husband who disappeared after the murder of his wife four years earlier, it seems a cut-and-dried case. Suddenly Malone is caught up in two cases, and having uncovered the truth, must decide whether to proceed - knowing that if he does, a family will be destroyed.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable Australian police procedural,
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This review is from: Dilemma (Hardcover)
In 1994, evidence pointed towards Ron Glaze killing his wife Norma. However, Ron vanishes into the night until several years later Inspector Scobie Malone learns that Ron is hiding in the bush town of Collamundra. Scobie travels from Sydney and arrests Ron for killing his wife. At the same time, Scobie heads an investigation into the kidnap-murder of five year old Lucybelle Vanheusen, a child model. A bit shaken by the little girl's death, Scobie, also a father soon learns the Australian child celebrity did not live quite the idyllic life her fame and fortune would lead one to believe. If that is not enough to keep Scobie busy, he receives a tip that the prosecutor in the Glazer case young hotshot Tim Pierpont may be the real murderer of Norma. As Scobie begins to investigate Tim, he wonders where that will take him, especially since the potential perpetrator is popular and wealthy. The sixteenth Scobie Malone novel provides the audience with a deep look into modern day Australia on the verge of the Olympics. The multiple story lines blend together due to Scobie remaining a fresh character. However, the three mysteries seem to take a backseat to Mr. Cleary's nostalgic search for a simpler time in Australia. Still, the mysteries are all well written and the posturing about the path his country has recently traveled brings depth to the tale.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable Australian police procedural,
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dilemma (Hardcover)
In 1994, evidence pointed towards Ron Glaze killing his wife Norma. However, Ron vanishes into the night until several years later Inspector Scobie Malone learns that Ron is hiding in the bush town of Collamundra. Scobie travels from Sydney and arrests Ron for killing his wife. At the same time, Scobie heads an investigation into the kidnap-murder of five year old Lucybelle Vanheusen, a child model. A bit shaken by the little girl's death, Scobie, also a father soon learns the Australian child celebrity did not live quite the idyllic life her fame and fortune would lead one to believe. If that is not enough to keep Scobie busy, he receives a tip that the prosecutor in the Glazer case young hotshot Tim Pierpont may be the real murderer of Norma. As Scobie begins to investigate Tim, he wonders where that will take him, especially since the potential perpetrator is popular and wealthy. The sixteenth Scobie Malone novel provides the audience with a deep look into modern day Australia on the verge of the Olympics. The multiple story lines blend together due to Scobie remaining a fresh character. However, the three mysteries seem to take a backseat to Mr. Cleary's nostalgic search for a simpler time in Australia. Still, the mysteries are all well written and the posturing about the path his country has recently traveled brings depth to the tale. |
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