Title: Babylon SouthAuthor: Jon ClearyPages: 382Published Date: 1989Publisher: Harper CollinsSeries Details: 6th book in the Scobie Malone seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisOn Monday, March 28, 1966 Sir Walter Springfellow, head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, left his home in Sydney to return to Melbourne. He got out of the car, walked into the airport …
Title: CriminalsAuthor: James O’LoghlinPages: 323Published Date: 5 July 2022Publisher: Bonnier EchoSeries Details: stand alone (debut)Buy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisWhat makes a criminal? One May 2019 morning, two masked gunmen rob Blacktown Leagues Club. What happens next will change the lives of three people. Twenty-three-year-old Dean Acton is a heroin addict trying to get off the …
Title: Now AndThen, AmenAuthor: Jon ClearyPages: 330Published Date: 1988Publisher: Harper CollinsSeries Details: 5th book in the Scobie Malone seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisA nun is found murdered on the steps of the Quality Couch, Sydney’s classiest brothel. She was Sister Mary Magdalene, an idealistic young woman who had previously worked at a mission in Nicuragua. …
Title: MillenAuthor: Chris NystPages: 416Published Date: 5 July 2022Publisher: Aurora HouseSeries Details: 3rd book in the Eddie Moran seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisIn the isolated outback town of Millengarra, a young man is found bashed to death. When his house-mate – an out-of-work drover – is charged with murder, the investigation goes to hardened Brisbane detective Dave …
Title: After You Were GoneAuthor: Vikki WakefieldPages: 368Published Date: 5 October 2022Publisher: Text AustraliaSeries Details: stand aloneBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisWhat happens to a family when a child goes missing? In a busy street market, Abbie lets go of six-year-old Sarah’s hand. She isn’t a bad mother, just exhausted. When she turns around, her daughter isn’t …
Title: RansomAuthor: Jon ClearyPages: 220Published Date: 1973Publisher: MorrowSeries Details: 3rd book in the Scobie Malone seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisThis is a crime novel from the author of The Sundowners and The High Commissioner, the 3rd book in the Scobie Malone series. It was Lisa Malone’s misfortune to share a lift with the wife of …
Title: The DiplomatAuthor: Chris WomersleyPages: 204Published Date: 28 June 2022Publisher: Picador AustraliaSeries Details: sequel to CairoBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s Synopsis1991. Fresh out of detox and five years after his involvement in the theft of Picasso’s masterpiece The Weeping Woman from the NGV, Edward Degraves – art forger and drug addict – returns to Melbourne for …
Title: Helga’s WebAuthor: Jon ClearyPages: 288Published Date: 1970Publisher: Harper Collins AustraliaSeries Details: 2nd book in the Scobie Malone seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisSet in Sydney, Australia, where a young girl is involved in blackmail, Detective-Sergeant Malone reaches Helga too late to warn her about her dangerous game. She has already received her final pay-off.My Review of …
Title: The Low RoadAuthor: Chris WomersleyPages: 280Published Date: 2007Publisher: Scribe PublicationsSeries Details: stand aloneBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisA young petty criminal, Lee, wakes in a seedy motel with a bullet in his side and a suitcase of stolen money, his memory hazy as to how he got there. Soon he meets Wild, a doctor who …
Title: The High CommissionerAuthor: Jon ClearyPages: 256Published Date: 1966Publisher: Harper Collins AustraliaSeries Details: 1st book in the Scobie Malone seriesBuy A HardcopyBuy eBookPublisher’s SynopsisThe High Commissioner is accused of murder, and in Sydney Scobie Malone is given the job of going to London and bringing him back. At the same time the High Commissioner’s murder …