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Bony
1929
series - author
novel
Issue Details:
First known date:
1948...
1948
The Mountains Have a Secret
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'Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte travels to Victoria, where two young women have disappeared while hiking in the Grampians. Not long after the search for the girls is called off, a local detective is found shot dead.
'Bony visits the hotel the women were last seen at, and meets the hotel's unsavoury proprietor. The resulting encounter propels Bony into an investigation which almosts costs him his life.' (Publication summary)
'Bony visits the hotel the women were last seen at, and meets the hotel's unsavoury proprietor. The resulting encounter propels Bony into an investigation which almosts costs him his life.' (Publication summary)
Adaptations
- form y Boney Takes a Holiday ( dir. Eric Fullilove ) Australia : Fauna Productions , 1972 Z1458908 1972 single work film/TV A veterinary student and a customs agent disappear in the Flinders Ranges, and Inspector Bonaparte is sent to investigate the case for the South Australian police. He soon finds himself plunged into a strange case of murder and the illegal export of Merino rams.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Braille.
- Sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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Outback Detective Reborn
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 8 June 1991; (p. 14)
— Review of The Body at Madman's Bend 1963 single work novel ; The Mountains Have a Secret 1948 single work novel
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Outback Detective Reborn
1991
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newcastle Herald , 8 June 1991; (p. 14)
— Review of The Body at Madman's Bend 1963 single work novel ; The Mountains Have a Secret 1948 single work novel
Last amended 20 Aug 2020 13:23:41
Subjects:
- Grampians - Pyrenees area, Victoria,
- Australian Outback, Central Australia,
- The Grampians, Grampians - Pyrenees area, Victoria,
Settings:
- Dunkeld, Dunkeld - Penshurst area, Western District, Victoria,
- 1950s
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