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Our last outing was DEAD ROOM FARCE in 1997
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This is #18 in the series which began in 1975 with CAST IN ORDER OF DISAPPEARANCE.

It has been a decent interval since readers last had the chance to meet up with dipsomaniac actor Charles Paris. Once again, Charles Paris is forced toĭon the mantle of amateur detective to get to the bottom of the mystery. With one member of the company seriously injured in what appears to beĪn accident, and another dead. Their tour, the Grand Theatre Marlborough, matters get more serious, Views of celebrity and the theatre than the more experienced members ofīut when the company reach the first staging post of Hamlet himself is also played by a reality TVĬontestant, Jared Root - and the two young stars have rather different Ophelia is played by Katrina Selsey, who won the role through a Who has been cast as the Ghost of Hamlet's Father and First Gravedigger With hindsight we know he was preparing to bow out of crime fiction.Īfter a long period of 'resting', life is looking up for Charles Paris, On the other hand the collapse of the dotcom bubble pointed to how ordinary Australians lost money in a world financial phenomenon.Īnd then for Scobie Malone fans, historically this was his last case at the head of Homicide and at the time they must have wondered what Jon Cleary was up to. I thought some of the characters were overblown and parts of the plot definitely unrealistic.
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There are passages in this novel which crack a smile, despite the seriousness of the story line: an abduction and a couple of murders thrown in for good measure a gang that by any standards is incompetent, but at the same time amoral. I've been on a bit of a Jon Cleary kick in the last few months and have listened toĤ.6, WINTER CHILL- set some time before THE EASY SIN andĤ.7, DEGREES OF CONNECTION which was Jon Cleary's last Scobie Malone novel, following on from THE EASY SIN. There is quite a cast of characters and his voice portrayal made picking one from the other relatively easy. Would confound the greatest detective and entertain the most discerningĬhristian Rodka's brilliant narration added great pleasure to listening to this novel. Mistress or two, and the mother of all outlaws, and you have a case that Scobie on the trail of some old adversaries. Has burst, leaving the erstwhile millionaire in debt to the Yakuza and The plot thickens further when it is revealed that the dotcom bubble Know he liked slipping into her designer dresses when she wasn't around? Had grabbed the millionaire's girlfriend - how were they supposed to In fact, it couldn't have gone more wrong. Penthouse, Scobie suspects he's dealing with a kidnap that's gone wrong. Investigation could be the most bizarre case ever to cross his desk.Ĭalled in when a housemaid is found dead in a dotcom millionaire's
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The time has come for Scobie Malone to leave the HomicideĪnd Serial Offenders Unit of the Sydney police, and his last Herald), the latest mystery featuring homicide detective and family man His last investigation couldīe the most bizarre case ever to land upon a policeman's desk.įrom Australia's 'national literary institution' (Sydney Morning Serial Offenders Unit of the Sydney police. The time has come for Officer Scobie Malone to leave the Homicide and this edition published by Audible in 2009.
