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Arthur Upfield's first detective story introduced Bony,
Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, the suave, blue-eyed,
black-haired, half aboriginal sleuth.
Set in the darling River bush of New South Wales, the
tale starts with the discovery of the body of King Henry,
an aborigine from Western Australia.
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Publishing History
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Australia
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United Kingdom
1929 Hutchinson of London
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United States
1965 Doubleday - Crime Club
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By the time Bony is called in, rain has wiped out any
tracks - but has left clues for a man versed in bush-craft.
But for Bony, it is not so much the identification
of the killer - but the motive for the nineteen-year
pursuit, then murder, of King Henry.
Taken
from the 1965 Heineman edition
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