Author: Jon Cleary First Published: 2000 On the eve of the Sydney Olympic games, the city’s great and good assemble to celebrate the opening of a new luxury hotel complex. But the gala takes a grisly turn when State Premier Hans Vanderberg is assassinated by a sniper. In his twenty years at the head of […]
13Sep13
Bear Pit
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Tagged Australia, Crime Fiction, Jon Cleary, Scobie Malone
Tagged Australia, Crime Fiction, Jon Cleary, Scobie Malone
11Sep13
Five Ring Circus
Author: Jon Cleary First Published: 1998 (1999 Harper Collins edition pictured). As Sydney prepares for its grand role as host of the next Olympic Games, homocide detective Scobie Malone stumbles upon a scam that will do nothing for the city’s image. Illicit deals are being struck and money from Hong Kong is being banked in […]
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Tagged Australia, Crime Fiction, Jon Cleary, Scobie Malone
23May12
Winter Chill
Author: Jon Cleary Publisher: Harper Collins Published: 1995 Book No: 12 I don’t know if Jon Cleary is still alive, but if he is, he’d be 95 years old. His Australian crime fiction legacy is staggering. Actually that statement probably is unfair, as not all of his books are crime thrillers. The first Cleary book […]
30Apr08
The High Commissioner (1968)
Director: Ralph Thomas Starring: Rod Taylor, Christopher Plummer, Lilli Palmer, Carmilla Sparv, Leo McKern, Daliah Lavi, Derren Nesbitt, Clive Revill, Bud Tingwell, Burt Kwouk Music: Georges Delerue Based on the Novel By Jon Cleary The book, The High Commissioner, by Jon Cleary, and the film The High Commissioner are two very different beasts. Cleary’s book […]
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Tagged Burt Kwouk, Clive Revill, Daliah Lavi, Derren Nesbitt, Jon Cleary, Leo McKern, Rod Taylor, Scobie Malone
Tagged Burt Kwouk, Clive Revill, Daliah Lavi, Derren Nesbitt, Jon Cleary, Leo McKern, Rod Taylor, Scobie Malone
