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'Two murders in the same family take place, 20 years apart, in a Sydney community. Scobie Malone remembers the long-unsolved murder when he is called upon to investigate the new one, but there are complications. This is the sixth book in the Scobie Malone series, by award-winning author Jon Cleary.
'In 1966 Sir Walter Springfellow, head of Australian intelligence, vanished mysteriously and without a trace.
'As a young constable, Scobie Malone investigated the disappearance. Years later, some bones are found up hills which are presumed to be Sir Walter’s, and Detective Inspector Malone finds himself back on the case.
'His first task is to break the news to Venetia Springfellow, Sir Walter’s glamorous widow, whose ruthless ambition has made the Springfellow Corporation a hugely successful company. Then comes news that there has been another death in the family, and one of the Springfellows is to be charged with murder.'(Publication summary)
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- Sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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Jon Cleary's Murder Song
Stuart Coupe
(interviewer),
1991
single work
criticism
interview
— Appears in: Mean Streets : A Quarterly Journal of Crime, Mystery and Detection , February no. 2 1991; (p. 35) -
[Review] Babylon South
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The New York Times Book Review , 7 January 1990; (p. 29)
— Review of Babylon South 1989 single work novel -
[Review] Babylon South
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: Tribune , 7 January 1990; (p. 6)
— Review of Babylon South 1989 single work novel -
The Latest in Paperbacks
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 29 September 1990; (p. wkd 6)
— Review of Babylon South 1989 single work novel -
Paperbacks
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Herald , 28 October 1990; (p. 34)
— Review of Babylon South 1989 single work novel
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Fine, Familiar Hands
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 31 October 1989; (p. 116)
— Review of Babylon South 1989 single work novel ; The Gulliver Fortune 1989 single work novel -
Crime
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 February 1990; (p. 10)
— Review of Babylon South 1989 single work novel ; Grim Pickings 1987 single work novel ; Murder by the Book 1989 single work novel -
Action Feast from Spy Craft Masters
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 11 November 1989; (p. 7)
— Review of Babylon South 1989 single work novel -
Australian Detective Fiction
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 18 November 1989;
— Review of Babylon South 1989 single work novel -
Into Sin City and the Moral Cesspit
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Magazine , 2-3 December 1989; (p. 11)
— Review of Babylon South 1989 single work novel -
Jon Cleary's Murder Song
Stuart Coupe
(interviewer),
1991
single work
criticism
interview
— Appears in: Mean Streets : A Quarterly Journal of Crime, Mystery and Detection , February no. 2 1991; (p. 35) -
It's No Crime to Profit by Good Writing
1989
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Saturday Mercury , 2 December 1989; (p. 22) -
Romance and Reality of a Thriller Writer
1989
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Age , 16 November 1989; (p. 11)
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