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180y 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)
Die Giftvilla Munich : Goldmann , 1972 -
263y 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) Bony kauft eine Frau Munich : Goldmann , 1972 -
2088y Bushranger of the Skies Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1940 Z849009 1940 single work novel crime detective 'An extraordinary case for Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte opens when a police car is bombed from the air on a lonely outback road by a mysterious pilot who plans to conquer a nation.
'The trail through the land of burning waters tests Bonys endurance to the limit and takes the detective as close to death as he has ever been. Welcome to Central Australia!' (Publication summary) Bony und die Todesotter Munich : Goldmann , 1965 -
2111y 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)
Todeszauber Munich : Goldmann , 1965 -
2141y Mr Jelly's Business 1932 Z1369404 1932 single work novel crime Mr Jelly's Geheimnis Munich : Goldmann , 1965
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2161y Ladies in the Dark Z1100521 1965 single work novel crime detective Das blaue Blütenblatt : Kriminalroman Munich : Goldmann , 1966
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2177y My Bad Boy Z1508233 1964 single work novel crime detective Mein boser Junge Munich : Goldmann , 1966
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2215y The Barrakee Mystery 1929 single work novel crime
'Why was the redoubtable King Henry, an aborigine from Western Australia, killed during a thunderstorm in New South Wales? — What was the feud that led to murder after nineteen long years had passed? — Who was the woman who saw the murder and kept silent? — This first story of Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, the half-aborigine detective, takes him to a sheep station in the Darling River bush country where he encounters those problems he understands so well – mixed blood and divided loyalties.' (Source: Goodreads website)
Bony und der Bumerang Munich : Goldmann , 1974 -
2215y The Barrakee Mystery 1929 single work novel crime
'Why was the redoubtable King Henry, an aborigine from Western Australia, killed during a thunderstorm in New South Wales? — What was the feud that led to murder after nineteen long years had passed? — Who was the woman who saw the murder and kept silent? — This first story of Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, the half-aborigine detective, takes him to a sheep station in the Darling River bush country where he encounters those problems he understands so well – mixed blood and divided loyalties.' (Source: Goodreads website)
Bony und der Bumerang Munich : Goldmann , 1966 -
2243y Will to Survive London : Geoffrey Bles , 1958 Z179271 1958 single work novel crime Die Ratsel von Marrabri Munich : Goldmann , 1966
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2283y There Was a Witness London : Geoffrey Bles , 1960 Z179362 1960 single work novel crime Die Zeugin Munich : Goldmann , 1967
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47339y Bombproof London : Sphere , 2008 Z1496083 2008 single work novel crime thriller
'Sami Macbeth is not a master criminal He's not even a minor one. He's not a jewel thief. He's not a safe-cracker. He's not an expert in explosives. Sami plays guitar and wants to be a rock god but keeps getting side-tracked by unforeseen circumstances.
'Fifty-four hours ago Sami was released from prison. Thirty-sex hours ago he slept with the woman of his dreams at the Savoy. An hour ago his train blew up. Now he's carrying a rucksack through London's West End and has turned himself into the most wanted terrorist in the country. Fast, funny, hip and violent, Bombproof is a non-stop adventure full of unforgettable characters and a heart-warming hero.
'Sami Macbeth, a man with the uncanny ability to turn a desperate situation into a hopeless one.' (Publisher's blurb)
Bis du stirbst Munich : Goldmann , 2013 - y Come See Me Die 1963 single work novel crime detective Die Frau hinter dem Vorhang : Kriminal-Roman Munich : Goldmann , 1964
- y Head on the Sill 1966 single work novel crime detective Todliches Indiz Munich : Goldmann , 1967