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2227y Death of a Lake London Melbourne : Heinemann , 1954 Z86178 1954 single work novel crime detective mystery
'On a vast sheep station in the outback, Raymond Gillen goes swimming in the lake one night and is never seen again. After the failure of local police to solve the mystery, bony arrives disguised as a horse-breaker, and uncovers a story of sexual tension and murder. The lake is evaporating in the intense drought - only when it dies will the mystery be solved. Apart from its strengths as a crime novel, this is probably the best book ever written about drought in Australia.' (Publication summary)
La mort d'un lac Paris : 10-18 , 1991 -
2569y Bony and the Black Virgin London : Heinemann , 1959 Z205233 1959 single work novel crime mystery detective La branche coupee Paris : 10-18 , 1994
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2933y Mr Jelly's Business 1932 Z1369404 1932 single work novel crime Le business de m. Jelly Paris : 10-18 , 1998
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2971y Winds of Evil 1937 single work novel crime Un vent du diable Paris : 10-18 , 1998
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4056y Death at Victoria Dock Ringwood : McPhee Gribble , 1992 Z270151 1992 single work novel crime mystery After having her windscreen shattered by a bullet and discovering that bullets from the same gun have entered the body of a beautiful seventeen year old not to mention having her clothes ruined as she holds a bleeding, dying boy Phryne Fisher is outraged and swears to track down the young man's killer. In doing so she stumbles across the plans for a bank robbery and possible massacre and when her maid Dot is kidnapped nothing can distract Phryne from revenge.When someone shoots out her windshield while she is driving home late at night and she finds a young man dying on the tarmac just outside the dock gates, Phryne Fisher sets out to find out who is responsible, following a trail that leads her into the midst of a bizarre mystery involving bank robbery, tattoo parlors, spiritualism, anarchists, kidnapping, and murder.
There are some things that Phryne Fisher finds intolerable. Having her windscreen shattered by a bullet as she is driving past Melbourne's Victoria Dock...or discovering that bullets from the same gun have entered the body of a beautiful seventeen year old. Not to mention the ruin of her fur and lingerie as she holds the dying, bleeding boy...Phryne swears she will track down the young man's killer, and in doing so stumbles across the plans for a bank robbery and possible massacre...But then her beloved maid Dot is kidnapped and nothing can distract Phryne from revenge.' (Source: back cover, 1992 McPhee Gribble edition)
Phryne at les anarchistes Paris : 10-18 , 2007 - y Man of Two Tribes London Melbourne : Heinemann , 1956 Z152501 1956 single work novel crime detective Bony discovers a group of people imprisoned in limestone underground caves and must free them and lead them to safety. L'homme des tribus Paris : C. Bourgois , 1991
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The Will of the Tribe
London
Melbourne
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Heinemann
,
1962
Z962007
1962
single work
novel
mystery
detective
crime
— Appears in: Vrazda musi pockat ; Vola kmena ; Prekliaty dom 1988; (p. Page numbers unavailable) This adventure of Inspector Napoleon (Bony) Bonaparte is set in North Western Australia; it deals with a corpse in a meteor crater and with vital information hidden behind the impassive mask of an aboriginal tribe, where only the half-black Bony has any hope of reaching it. The interplay between whites and blacks, from assimilated to wholly wild, is subtly and sensitively handled, and Bony emerges as one of the rare detective figures with genuine stature as a man. As in most Upfield novels, the geography, the geology and the cultural anthropology of Australia are living elements in the story (Cover, Collier 1984 ed.). La loi de la tribu Paris : 10-18 , 1992 -
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Sinister Stones
New York (City)
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Doubleday
,
1954
Z1175739
1954
single work
novel
mystery
crime
— Appears in: Trikrat Napoleon Bonaparte 1977; (p. Page numbers unavailable)
— Appears in: Sovremennyi avstraliiskii detektiv 1990; Sinistres augures Paris : 10-18 , 1993 -
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Bushranger of the Skies
Sydney
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Angus and Robertson
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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) Pas de traces dans le bush Paris : 10-18 , 1994 -
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The Bone Is Pointed
Sydney
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Angus and Robertson
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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)
L'os est pointe Paris : 10-18 , 1994 -
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Journey to the Hangman
London
Melbourne
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Heinemann
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1959
Z290793
1959
single work
novel
crime
mystery
detective
— Appears in: Bony a mys ; Po stope novej topanky ; Stari mladenci z Broken Hillu 1976; (p. Page numbers unavailable)
— Appears in: Boni I Myshka [and] Leiik-Froumskiii Koshmar 1996; Du crime au bourreau Paris : 10-18 , 1995 -
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The Widows of Broome
New York (City)
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Doubleday
,
1950
Z302329
1950
single work
novel
crime
— Appears in: Trikrat Napoleon Bonaparte 1977; (p. Page numbers unavailable)'Broome is a small, sun-drenched town on the barren northwest coast of Australia. It's small enough that everyone knows everyone else's business. How, then, did someone murder two widows in similar fashion and not leave any clues? It's a case for Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, who arrives on the scene incognito. He's barely begun his investigation when a third woman is killed. Bony realises that he is dealing with a madman, and that time is running out to stop a forth murder.'(Publication summary)
Les veuves de Broome Paris : 10-18 , 1995 -
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The Lake Frome Monster
London
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Heinemann
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1966
Z371056
1966
single work
novel
crime
detective
— Appears in: Boni I Myshka [and] Leiik-Froumskiii Koshmar 1996; Le monstre du lac Frome Paris : 10-18 , 1995 - y Wings above the Diamantina Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1936 Z558666 1936 single work novel crime detective 'The discovery of a stolen red monoplane on the dry, flat bottom of Emu Lake meant many things for different folks. For Elizabeth Nettlefold, the chance to nurse its strangely ill meant renewed purpose in life. For Dr Knowles, brilliant physician and town drunk, it meant the revival of a romantic dream. For some it meant a murder plan gone awry, and for Bonaparte, it meant one of the toughest cases of his career. ' (Publication summary) Des ailes au-dessus du Diamantina Paris : 10-18 , 1996
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The Bushman Who Came Back
London
Melbourne
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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) Le retour du broussard Paris : 10-18 , 1996 - y The White Savage London Melbourne : Heinemann , 1961 Z961932 1961 single work novel mystery detective crime Bony et le sauvage blanc Paris : 10-18 , 1996
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The New Shoe
Z1507432
1951
single work
novel
detective
crime
mystery
— Appears in: Bony a mys ; Po stope novej topanky ; Stari mladenci z Broken Hillu 1976; (p. Page numbers unavailable)'The naked body of a man is discovered entombed in the wall of the Split Point Lighthouse on Australia's southeast coast; the murder is two months old, and the identity of the victim is unknown. Of Split Point's suspicious inhabitants, only Ed Penwarden, the coffin-maker, befriends Bony upon his arrival. As he delves into the case, Bony is curious to know why a coffin is moved in the night, who was the girl seen struggling with Dick Lake on the cliff top--and why the Bully Buccaneers came to deal in death.' (Publication summary)
Chausse-trappe Paris : 10-18 , 1997 -
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Murder Must Wait
Z1507440
1953
single work
novel
crime
mystery
detective
— Appears in: Vrazda musi pockat ; Vola kmena ; Prekliaty dom 1988; (p. Page numbers unavailable) Le meurtre est secondaire Paris : 10-18 , 1997 -
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Venom House
New York (City)
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Doubleday
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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)
La maison malefique Paris : 10-18 , 1999 - y The Body at Madman's Bend London Melbourne : Heinemann , 1963 Z201367 1963 single work novel crime mystery detective Le meandre du fou Paris : 10-18 , 1999
- y Valley of Smugglers London Melbourne : Heinemann , 1960 Z413872 1960 single work novel crime mystery detective Bony et la bande a Kelly Paris : 10-18 , 2000
- y An Author Bites the Dust Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1948 Z62594 1948 single work novel crime mystery detective Un ecrivain mord la poussière Paris : 10-18 , 2000
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The Bachelors of Broken Hill
Gli scapoli di Broken Hill
New York (City)
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Doubleday
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1950
Z143676
1950
single work
novel
crime
mystery
detective
— Appears in: Bony a mys ; Po stope novej topanky ; Stari mladenci z Broken Hillu 1976; (p. Page numbers unavailable)'Among the 28,000 inhabitants of Broken Hill there stalks a killer. Already two elderly bachelors have died horribly from cyanide poisoning. Now, two months later, Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte faces a cold trail - no motive, no clues. So Bony waits for what he believes to be inevitable - a third killing. ' (Publication summary)
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Cocaine Blues
Melbourne
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McPhee Gribble
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1989
Z537659
1989
single work
novel
crime
mystery
— Appears in: Kokainovyj Bljuz [and] Kolodec 1991; 'It's the end of the roaring twenties, and the exuberant and Honourable Phryne Fisher is dancing and gaming with gay abandon...Bored by the endless round of parties and in search of excitement, she sets her sights on a spot of detective work in Melbourne, Australia. And so mystery and the beautiful Russian dancer Sasha de Lisse appear in her life. From then on it's all cocaine and communism until her adventure reaches its steamy end in the Turkish baths of Little Lonsdale Street.' (Source: back cover, 1989 edition) Cocaine et tralala Paris : 10-18 , 2006 -
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Flying Too High
Ringwood
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McPhee Gribble
,
1990
Z410646
1990
single work
novel
crime
mystery
The 1920's most talented and glamorous detective, Phryne Fisher, handles a murder, a kidnapping and the usual beautiful young men with style and consummate ease - and all before it's time to adjourn to the Queenscliff Hotel for breakfast. (Source: back cover, 1990 edition)
Trafic de haut vol Paris : 10-18 , 2006