The Bone Is Pointed: Library Edition

from antiquary

All I really remember from reading this before is tat Bony himself is the victim of the traditional Australian curse decxribed in te title, whch is usually fatal. Whether it is psychosomatic or genuinely supernatural is unclear (though Upfield does seem to accept the genuineness of some Aborigine...

from AuntieClio

In the parlance of contemporary society, Upfield's Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte is biracial, part aboriginal and part white. This fact plays a large part in how Bony works, using traditions from both parts of his make-up. As mysteries go, these are entertaining, making the reader work f...

from raizel

Interesting mystery about a part of the world I know little about---the Australian outback. The hero of the series is Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, son of an aborigine mother and a white father. There is a white family who has done their best throughout three generations to protect a lo...

from smik

In this tale Bony appears as a Queensland C.I.B. detective on leave, turning up at an outback station where a rouseabout has gone missing during a storm. His horse turns up at the station the morning after the storm riderless and there is no trace of Jack Anderson. No black trackers are available...

from smik

In this tale Bony appears as a Queensland C.I.B. detective on leave, turning up at an outback station where a rouseabout has gone missing during a storm. His horse turns up at the station the morning after the storm riderless and there is no trace of Jack Anderson. No black trackers are available...