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The Barrakee mystery : the lure of the bush / Arthur W. Upfield.

"An Inspector Bonaparte Mystery featuring Bony, the first Aboriginal detective. Why was King Henry, an aboriginal from Western Australia, killed 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 Bonaparte takes him to the Darling River bush country where he encounters those problems he understands so well - mixed blood and divided loyalties."--Back cover.

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C9009896636 F UPF
Adult fiction   Manunda Branch . . Available .  
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ISBN 9781922384706
Author Upfield, Arthur W. 1890-1964, (Arthur William) author.
Title The Barrakee mystery : the lure of the bush / Arthur W. Upfield.
Edition Corrected edition.
Published Exile Bay, NSW : ©2013, 2016. ETT Imprint,
Physical description 220 pages ; 24 cm.
Series Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte 1
General note First published in the UK in 1929 as 'The Barrakee Mystery'. First published in the USA in 1965 as 'The Lure of the Bush'.
"A masterpiece of detection"--Cover.
Summary "An Inspector Bonaparte Mystery featuring Bony, the first Aboriginal detective. Why was King Henry, an aboriginal from Western Australia, killed 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 Bonaparte takes him to the Darling River bush country where he encounters those problems he understands so well - mixed blood and divided loyalties."--Back cover.
Subject Bonaparte, Napoleon, Inspector (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Aboriginal Australians -- Fiction
Murder -- Investigation -- Australia -- Fiction
Police -- Fiction
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