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y separately published work icon Murder Must Wait single work   novel   crime   mystery   detective  
Is part of Bony Arthur W. Upfield , 1929 series - author novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1953... 1953 Murder Must Wait
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form y separately published work icon Boney and the Emu Man Joyce Belfrage , ( dir. Frederico Chentrens ) Australia : Fauna Productions , 1973 Z1459006 1973 single work film/TV When three babies are kidnapped in a small country town and then a fourth disappears with its mother, Inspector Bonaparte and Constable McGorr are sent to investigate. Boney uncovers a cult based on Aboriginal lore, as the townspeople try to start a new tribe to replace those displaced by white men.

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First known date: 1954
Serialised by: The Argus 1848-1957 newspaper (490 issues)
Notes:
Serialised in the Argus from 8 January 1954.
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    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Melbourne, Victoria,: Heinemann ,       1953 .
      Extent: 253p.
      Description: illus.
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Doubleday ,       1953 .
      Extent: 190p.
      Note/s:
      • Crime Club edition
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Detective Book Club ,       1953 .
      Extent: 169p.
      Note/s:
      • Omnibus edition; bound with The Big Ear by Stewart Sterling and Doubles in Death by William Green.
      • Published by arrangement with Doubleday.
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Pan ,       1958 .
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      Extent: 191p.
      Reprinted: 1966 , 1971 033010585X
      Series: Great Pan Pan (publisher), series - publisher Number in series: G193
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Heinemann ,       1971 .
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      Extent: 253p.
      ISBN: 0434811653
    • Mattituck, New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Aeonian Press ,       1978 .
      Extent: 189p.
      Limited edition info: Edition limited to 300 copies
    • North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Arkon Paperbacks , 1984 .
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      Extent: 191p.
      ISBN: 0207149054
      Series: Arkon Paperbacks Angus and Robertson (publisher), 1972 series - publisher Arkon is a paperback reprint imprint of the Australian publisher Angus and Robertson. The series was launched in 1972 to be merchandised in connection with T. V. series and involved the cartoonist Patrick Cook.
    • Mattituck, New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Amereon House ,       1999 .
      ISBN: 0891905596
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Works about this Work

Expression et dissimulation dans le bush Sylviane Soulard , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Correspondances Oceaniennes , June vol. 6 no. 1 2007; (p. 21-24) Signs and tracks in the Australian bush, whether natural or man-made, accidental or deliberate, enable the congenial Inspector Bonaparte, a product of two cultures, to resolve the enigmas which confront him.
Filling 'Terra Nullius': Bony in the Deathspace Kay Torney Souter , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Crossing Lines : Formations of Australian Culture : Proceedings of Association for the Study of Australian Literature Conference, Adelaide, 1995 1996; (p. 108-112) Investigating Arthur Upfield : A Centenary Collection of Critical Essays 2012; (p. 92-99)
Babies in the Deathspace : Psychic Identity in Australian Fiction and Autobiography Kay Torney Souter , 1996-1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , Summer vol. 56 no. 4 1996-1997; (p. 19-36)
Vanishing Babies 1954 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 6 January vol. 75 no. 3856 1954; (p. 2)
— Review of Murder Must Wait Arthur W. Upfield , 1953 single work novel
Vanishing Babies 1954 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 6 January vol. 75 no. 3856 1954; (p. 2)
— Review of Murder Must Wait Arthur W. Upfield , 1953 single work novel
Expression et dissimulation dans le bush Sylviane Soulard , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Correspondances Oceaniennes , June vol. 6 no. 1 2007; (p. 21-24) Signs and tracks in the Australian bush, whether natural or man-made, accidental or deliberate, enable the congenial Inspector Bonaparte, a product of two cultures, to resolve the enigmas which confront him.
Filling 'Terra Nullius': Bony in the Deathspace Kay Torney Souter , 1996 single work criticism
— Appears in: Crossing Lines : Formations of Australian Culture : Proceedings of Association for the Study of Australian Literature Conference, Adelaide, 1995 1996; (p. 108-112) Investigating Arthur Upfield : A Centenary Collection of Critical Essays 2012; (p. 92-99)
Babies in the Deathspace : Psychic Identity in Australian Fiction and Autobiography Kay Torney Souter , 1996-1997 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , Summer vol. 56 no. 4 1996-1997; (p. 19-36)
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