The police never notice the small detail in the background of a police photograph of an abandoned car. A detail that tells Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte plainly that the mysterious disappearance of Luke Marks near Windee Station is anything but accidental. Why had Luke Marks driven specially out to Windee? Had he been murdered or had he, as the local police believed, wandered away from his car and been overwhelmed in a dust-storm? Bony feels the answers lie somewhere in the sands of Windee. Also available in the ...
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The police never notice the small detail in the background of a police photograph of an abandoned car. A detail that tells Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte plainly that the mysterious disappearance of Luke Marks near Windee Station is anything but accidental. Why had Luke Marks driven specially out to Windee? Had he been murdered or had he, as the local police believed, wandered away from his car and been overwhelmed in a dust-storm? Bony feels the answers lie somewhere in the sands of Windee. Also available in the Arthur Upfield Collection are: The Great Melbourne Cup Mystery , Bushranger of the Skies , Death of a Swagman , and An Author Bites the Dust .
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Used-Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Undated reprint, probably early 1932. Red cloth with black. Slight yellowing to pages; spine appears to have been re-glued along joints, so binding quite tight.
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Used-Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) 1st UK edition, with publisher's catalogue for early Summer 1931 at rear. Yellow cloth with black lettering & rules. Lacks front free end paper; page fore-edge browned & a little foxed; binding firm. Yellow cloth discoloured with age & a little stained, with bright oblong of original colour on front board (? library label removed); some wear at board corners.
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Fair. The pages are sun faded and slightly yellowing Pages are clean! Some writing on the text block edge The front hinge is split the webbing is showing but all pages are intact Fast Shipping-Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!
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Mass market paperback, near fine in pictorial wraps. A Scribner Classic, 1st printing as such. 0684185024 The second Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte mystery. Originally published in 1931.
