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Sinister Stones
New York (City)
:
Doubleday
,
1954
Z1175739
1954
single work
novel
mystery
crime
— Appears in: Trikrat Napoleon Bonaparte 1977; (p. Page numbers unavailable)
— Appears in: Sovremennyi avstraliiskii detektiv 1990; New York (City) : Charles Scribner's Sons , 1982 -
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Death of a Lake
London
Melbourne
:
Heinemann
,
1954
Z86178
1954
single work
novel
crime
detective
mystery
'On a vast sheep station in the outback, Raymond Gillen goes swimming in the lake one night and is never seen again. After the failure of local police to solve the mystery, bony arrives disguised as a horse-breaker, and uncovers a story of sexual tension and murder. The lake is evaporating in the intense drought - only when it dies will the mystery be solved. Apart from its strengths as a crime novel, this is probably the best book ever written about drought in Australia.' (Publication summary)
New York (City) : Charles Scribner's Sons , 1983 -
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The New Shoe
Z1507432
1951
single work
novel
detective
crime
mystery
— Appears in: Bony a mys ; Po stope novej topanky ; Stari mladenci z Broken Hillu 1976; (p. Page numbers unavailable)'The naked body of a man is discovered entombed in the wall of the Split Point Lighthouse on Australia's southeast coast; the murder is two months old, and the identity of the victim is unknown. Of Split Point's suspicious inhabitants, only Ed Penwarden, the coffin-maker, befriends Bony upon his arrival. As he delves into the case, Bony is curious to know why a coffin is moved in the night, who was the girl seen struggling with Dick Lake on the cliff top--and why the Bully Buccaneers came to deal in death.' (Publication summary)
New York (City) : Charles Scribner's Sons , 1983 -
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The Will of the Tribe
London
Melbourne
:
Heinemann
,
1962
Z962007
1962
single work
novel
mystery
detective
crime
— Appears in: Vrazda musi pockat ; Vola kmena ; Prekliaty dom 1988; (p. Page numbers unavailable) This adventure of Inspector Napoleon (Bony) Bonaparte is set in North Western Australia; it deals with a corpse in a meteor crater and with vital information hidden behind the impassive mask of an aboriginal tribe, where only the half-black Bony has any hope of reaching it. The interplay between whites and blacks, from assimilated to wholly wild, is subtly and sensitively handled, and Bony emerges as one of the rare detective figures with genuine stature as a man. As in most Upfield novels, the geography, the geology and the cultural anthropology of Australia are living elements in the story (Cover, Collier 1984 ed.). New York (City) : Collier Books , 1984 -
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The Will of the Tribe
London
Melbourne
:
Heinemann
,
1962
Z962007
1962
single work
novel
mystery
detective
crime
— Appears in: Vrazda musi pockat ; Vola kmena ; Prekliaty dom 1988; (p. Page numbers unavailable) This adventure of Inspector Napoleon (Bony) Bonaparte is set in North Western Australia; it deals with a corpse in a meteor crater and with vital information hidden behind the impassive mask of an aboriginal tribe, where only the half-black Bony has any hope of reaching it. The interplay between whites and blacks, from assimilated to wholly wild, is subtly and sensitively handled, and Bony emerges as one of the rare detective figures with genuine stature as a man. As in most Upfield novels, the geography, the geology and the cultural anthropology of Australia are living elements in the story (Cover, Collier 1984 ed.). New York (City) : Charles Scribner's Sons , 1984 -
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The Sands of Windee
Z1515870
1931
single work
novel
crime
detective
'An Inspector Bonaparte Mystery featuring Bony, the first Aboriginal detective. Why had Luke Marks driven specially out to Windee? Had he been murdered or had he,as the local police believed, wandered away from his car and been overwhelmed in a dust-storm? When Bony noticed something odd in the background of a police photograph, he begins to piece together the secrets of the sands of Windee. Here is the original background to the infamous Snowy Rowles murder trial.'
New York (City) : Charles Scribner's Sons , 1985 -
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The Mountains Have a Secret
New York (City)
:
Doubleday
,
1948
Z202956
1948
single work
novel
crime
detective
— Appears in: Detective Fiction , January vol. 1 no. 2 1949; (p. 43-64) 'Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte travels to Victoria, where two young women have disappeared while hiking in the Grampians. Not long after the search for the girls is called off, a local detective is found shot dead.
'Bony visits the hotel the women were last seen at, and meets the hotel's unsavoury proprietor. The resulting encounter propels Bony into an investigation which almosts costs him his life.' (Publication summary)
New York (City) : Charles Scribner's Sons , 1985 -
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The Widows of Broome
New York (City)
:
Doubleday
,
1950
Z302329
1950
single work
novel
crime
— Appears in: Trikrat Napoleon Bonaparte 1977; (p. Page numbers unavailable)'Broome is a small, sun-drenched town on the barren northwest coast of Australia. It's small enough that everyone knows everyone else's business. How, then, did someone murder two widows in similar fashion and not leave any clues? It's a case for Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, who arrives on the scene incognito. He's barely begun his investigation when a third woman is killed. Bony realises that he is dealing with a madman, and that time is running out to stop a forth murder.'(Publication summary)
New York (City) : Charles Scribner's Sons , 1985 - y Bony and the Black Virgin London : Heinemann , 1959 Z205233 1959 single work novel crime mystery detective New York (City) : Collier Books , 1986
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Death of a Swagman
New York (City)
:
Doubleday
,
1945
Z258342
1945
single work
novel
crime
detective
mystery
'Merino is an isolated town in New South Wales. Posing as a laborer, Bony goes there to investigate the murder of a vagrant and soon discovers a murderous tangle of motives and suspects. There are some very engaging characters and some excellent trakcing scenes leading to a suspenseful finish.'(Publication summary)
New York (City) : Collier Books , 1986 -
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The Bone Is Pointed
Sydney
:
Angus and Robertson
,
1938
Z211356
1938
single work
novel
crime
'Jack Anderson was a big man with a foul temper, a sadist and a drunk. Five months after his horse appeared riderless, no trace of the man has surfaced and no one seems to care. But Bony is determined to follow the cold trail and smoke out some answers.' (Publication summary)
New York (City) : Collier Books , 1986 - y Man of Two Tribes London Melbourne : Heinemann , 1956 Z152501 1956 single work novel crime detective Bony discovers a group of people imprisoned in limestone underground caves and must free them and lead them to safety. New York (City) : Collier Books , 1986
- y Wings above the Diamantina Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1936 Z558666 1936 single work novel crime detective 'The discovery of a stolen red monoplane on the dry, flat bottom of Emu Lake meant many things for different folks. For Elizabeth Nettlefold, the chance to nurse its strangely ill meant renewed purpose in life. For Dr Knowles, brilliant physician and town drunk, it meant the revival of a romantic dream. For some it meant a murder plan gone awry, and for Bonaparte, it meant one of the toughest cases of his career. ' (Publication summary) New York (City) : Collier Books , 1986
- y The Devil's Steps New York (City) : Doubleday , 1946 Z1174558 1946 single work novel detective New York (City) : Collier Books , 1987
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Journey to the Hangman
London
Melbourne
:
Heinemann
,
1959
Z290793
1959
single work
novel
crime
mystery
detective
— Appears in: Bony a mys ; Po stope novej topanky ; Stari mladenci z Broken Hillu 1976; (p. Page numbers unavailable)
— Appears in: Boni I Myshka [and] Leiik-Froumskiii Koshmar 1996; New York (City) : Collier Books , 1987 -
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Murder Must Wait
Z1507440
1953
single work
novel
crime
mystery
detective
— Appears in: Vrazda musi pockat ; Vola kmena ; Prekliaty dom 1988; (p. Page numbers unavailable) New York (City) : Collier Books , 1987 - y An Author Bites the Dust Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1948 Z62594 1948 single work novel crime mystery detective New York (City) : Collier Books , 1987
- y Valley of Smugglers London Melbourne : Heinemann , 1960 Z413872 1960 single work novel crime mystery detective New York (City) : Collier Books , 1988
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The Bushman Who Came Back
London
Melbourne
:
Heinemann
,
1957
Z209419
1957
single work
novel
crime
mystery
detective
— Appears in: Bestseller Mystery Magazine , April vol. 3 no. 2/226 1961; (p. 4-109)
— Appears in: Trikrat Napoleon Bonaparte 1977; (p. Page numbers unavailable) New York (City) : Collier Books , 1988 -
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Venom House
New York (City)
:
Doubleday
,
1952
Z283537
1952
single work
novel
crime
detective
mystery
— Appears in: Vrazda musi pockat ; Vola kmena ; Prekliaty dom 1988; (p. Page numbers unavailable)'The Answerth family's mansion seems to deserve its nickname of Venom House - perhaps because of its forbidding setting, an island in the centre of a man-made lake, its treacherous waters studded by the skeletons of long-dead trees. Perhaps it's because of the unquiet ghosts of the Aboriginals slaughtered by the Answerth ancestors. Whatever the reason, most people are content to give Venom House and its occupants a wide berth... until a couple of corpses turn up in the lake. Inspector Bonaparte has a sudden urge to get to knows the Answerths and their charming home much better... ' (Publication summary)
New York (City) : Collier Books , 1988 -
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The Battling Prophet
1955
Z1363904
1955
single work
novel
crime
mystery
detective
'Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte is on leave, staying with an old friend near Adelaide. Ben Wickham, a meteorologist whose uncannily accurate forecasts have helped farmers all over Australia, until recently lived nearby. But he has died after a three week drinking binge and a doctor certified death resulting from delirium tremens. Yet Bony's host insists that whatever Ben died of, it wasn't alcohol.' (Publication summary)
New York (City) : Collier Books , 1988