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Red On The Rocks single work   short story  
Is part of The Detective's Album Mary Fortune , Hugh Dalmore , Rex Grayson , A. C. Eiseman , M. Joseph Lynch , 1865 series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1891... 1891 Red On The Rocks
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Set near the Tarwin, an intricate web of revengecloses around John Dolby, who had murdered th einnocent son of an Italian settler Mag Moore - her son Steve 'Dark Bill' has sworn revenge; as had Fred Commings whose wife had run off with Dolby and died. Dolby is engaged to Jane, a fierce strong woman - unmarried at 26 - who rejects him and finally marries Commings. (PB)

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  • Tarwin River, South Gippsland, Gippsland, Victoria,
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