Why was the redoubtable King Henry, an aborigine from Western Australia, killed during a thunderstorm in New South Wales? — What was the feud that led to murder after nineteen long years had passed? — Who was the woman who saw the murder and kept silent? — This first story of Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, the half-aborigine detective, takes him to a sheep station in the Darling River bush country where he encounters those problems he understands so well -- mixed blood and divided loyalties.

Author

Arthur Upfield

(1890*-1964) English-Australian mystery writer, who roamed in his youth the sub-continent working as a boundary-rider, cattle-drover, rabbit-trapper and station-manager. Upfield's famous hero is the Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte (or 'Bony', as he is known in the books familiarly), the son of an unknown white man and an aborigine mother. Bony is a gentleman and genius of criminal science, who has an M.A. degree from Brisbane University. In his work Bony frequently faces race prejudices but wins them with his wit and smile. 

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Series: Bony

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29
1966
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28
1963
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27
1962
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26
1961
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25
1960
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24
1959
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1959
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1957
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21
1956
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20
1956
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19
1954
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18
1954
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1953
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1952
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1951
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14
1950
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13
1950
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12
1948
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11
1948
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10
1946
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9
1945
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8
1940
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6
1938
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5
1937
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4
1937
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3
1936
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2
1931
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1
1929
ISBN
0434811505
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