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'Award-winning writer Jon Cleary’s new novel featuring the popular detective Scobie Malone, in which he reveals a corrupt and ruthless conspiracy surrounding the Olympics.
'As Sydney prepares for its grand role as host of the next Olympic Games, Scobie Malone is confronted with solving a scam that does nothing for the city’s image. Lurking beneath a facade of respectability, illicit deals are being struck and money from Hong Kong is being banked in large quantities. But whose money is it, and where is it really from?
'The people responsible will eliminate anyone who is a potential security risk: students and businessmen are being publicly, and privately, executed – with the same sinister, systematic style. Meanwhile Scobie’s investigation is frustrated at every turn by a wall of silence as vast as the Great Wall of China, making progress impossible… until he finds the cracks which will lead him to the unexpected truth.' (Publication summary)
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- Sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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Blood, Gore, Intrigue: It's a Healthy Scene
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 March 1999; (p. 9)
— Review of The Black Prince : A Cliff Hardy Novel 1998 single work novel ; Five Ring Circus 1998 single work novel ; Black Tide 1999 single work novel ; Murder in the Groove 1998 single work novel ; Heads You Die, Tails They Kill You 1998 single work novel -
C is for Christmas
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 29 December-5 January (1998-1999) vol. 117 no. 6155 1998; (p. 146-149)
— Review of Five Ring Circus 1998 single work novel ; Something Wicked 1998 single work novel -
Changes at the Top
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 November 1998; (p. 9)
— Review of Five Ring Circus 1998 single work novel -
Scobie Malone is Back
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 October 1998; (p. 22)
— Review of Five Ring Circus 1998 single work novel
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Blood, Gore, Intrigue: It's a Healthy Scene
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 March 1999; (p. 9)
— Review of The Black Prince : A Cliff Hardy Novel 1998 single work novel ; Five Ring Circus 1998 single work novel ; Black Tide 1999 single work novel ; Murder in the Groove 1998 single work novel ; Heads You Die, Tails They Kill You 1998 single work novel -
Scobie Malone is Back
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 October 1998; (p. 22)
— Review of Five Ring Circus 1998 single work novel -
Changes at the Top
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 November 1998; (p. 9)
— Review of Five Ring Circus 1998 single work novel -
C is for Christmas
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 29 December-5 January (1998-1999) vol. 117 no. 6155 1998; (p. 146-149)
— Review of Five Ring Circus 1998 single work novel ; Something Wicked 1998 single work novel
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