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First known date: 1933 Issue Details: First known date: 1933... 1933 The Great Melbourne Cup Mystery
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'Melbourne during the Depression. A seedy, corrupt city.

'Someone has struck at the heart of Australia's soul: they have killed the horse that would have won the Melbourne Cup. For what motive? Profit, blackmail, a betting scam? Only Tom Pink, the rider of the murdered horse can find out.

'Tom, born into the underworld he now tries to defeat, exposes graft and blackmail that reaches to the upper eschelons of Melbourne society. His life and the lives of those he holds close will never be the same again.

'The Great Melbourne Cup Mystery, written in 1933, a year after the mysterious death of Phar Lap (winner of the 1930 Melbourne Cup), is a previously lost classic of Australian crime fiction.' (Publication summary)

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Serialised by: The Herald 1879 newspaper (1818 issues)
      1933 .
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      • Serialised in the Herald in 23 daily instalments between 21 October 1933 to 17 November 1933. (Note: no instalment published in the newspaper on 16 November 1933.)
    • Watsons Bay, Sydney Eastern Harbourside, Sydney Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Imprint , 1996 .
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      Extent: xii, 194p.p.
      Description: illus.
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      • Edited and introduced by Stuart Mayne.
      ISBN: 1875892567 (pbk.)
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Issues of Class and Gender in Australian Crime Fiction : From the 1950s to Today Rachel Franks , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 96-111) In this chapter, Rachel Franks notes ‘‘Australian crime fiction writers imported many types of crime fiction from Britain, including the gothic mystery and the Newgate novel, and from America, including the locked room mystery and the spy story.’ She observes how Australian crime fiction has changed along with the ‘societies that produce it.’ She concludes that for Australian crime fiction to be attractive to mass market and an assured popularity, Australian crime fiction writers must respond ‘to the changing demands of their readers,’ and ‘continue to develop the genre with increasingly sophisticated stories about murderers and those who bring them to justice.’ (Editor’s foreword xii)
Old and New Crime Sue Turnbull , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 191 1997; (p. 63)
— Review of The Great Melbourne Cup Mystery Arthur W. Upfield , 1933 single work novel ; Fallout Garry Disher , 1997 single work novel
Old and New Crime R. J. Thomson , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 191 1997; (p. 63)
— Review of The Great Melbourne Cup Mystery Arthur W. Upfield , 1933 single work novel ; Fallout Garry Disher , 1997 single work novel
Welcome Return of a Racing Yarn Peter Pierce , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 May 1997; (p. C10)
— Review of The Great Melbourne Cup Mystery Arthur W. Upfield , 1933 single work novel
Mad About Mannerism Georgia Savage , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 30 August 1997; (p. 7)
— Review of A Man's Childhood Robin Wallace-Crabbe , 1997 single work autobiography ; The Great Melbourne Cup Mystery Arthur W. Upfield , 1933 single work novel ; Glad Morning Again Michael Keon , 1996 single work autobiography
Mad About Mannerism Georgia Savage , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 30 August 1997; (p. 7)
— Review of A Man's Childhood Robin Wallace-Crabbe , 1997 single work autobiography ; The Great Melbourne Cup Mystery Arthur W. Upfield , 1933 single work novel ; Glad Morning Again Michael Keon , 1996 single work autobiography
Welcome Return of a Racing Yarn Peter Pierce , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 May 1997; (p. C10)
— Review of The Great Melbourne Cup Mystery Arthur W. Upfield , 1933 single work novel
Old and New Crime R. J. Thomson , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 191 1997; (p. 63)
— Review of The Great Melbourne Cup Mystery Arthur W. Upfield , 1933 single work novel ; Fallout Garry Disher , 1997 single work novel
Old and New Crime Sue Turnbull , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June no. 191 1997; (p. 63)
— Review of The Great Melbourne Cup Mystery Arthur W. Upfield , 1933 single work novel ; Fallout Garry Disher , 1997 single work novel
Issues of Class and Gender in Australian Crime Fiction : From the 1950s to Today Rachel Franks , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 96-111) In this chapter, Rachel Franks notes ‘‘Australian crime fiction writers imported many types of crime fiction from Britain, including the gothic mystery and the Newgate novel, and from America, including the locked room mystery and the spy story.’ She observes how Australian crime fiction has changed along with the ‘societies that produce it.’ She concludes that for Australian crime fiction to be attractive to mass market and an assured popularity, Australian crime fiction writers must respond ‘to the changing demands of their readers,’ and ‘continue to develop the genre with increasingly sophisticated stories about murderers and those who bring them to justice.’ (Editor’s foreword xii)
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  • Melbourne, Victoria,
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  • 1930s
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