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Arthur W. Upfield
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The MYSTERY OF SWORDFISH REEF |
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No copies available |
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English |
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Paperback |
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272 |
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1998-09-14 |
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0684850605 |
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Touchstone |
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0.61 pounds |
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0.61 x 5.23 x 7.99 inches |
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1st Scribner Paperback Fiction ed |
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| Previous givers: |
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3 Slyngborg (Denmark), Larry Gross (USA: FL), emessufan (USA: MI) |
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3 Helen Frances (Australia), jennifer (USA: AZ), Eadie Burke (USA: PA) |
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Product Description
Three men set out from a small Australian seaside town for an ordinary day's fishing--and simply vanish. There are no clues to their fate, until another fisherman hauls in a gruesome catch--the head of one of the men, with a bullet hole in its temple.
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Marianne (Australia) (2012/08/08):
The Mystery of Swordfish Reef is the 7th in the Bony series by Arthur Upfield. It is set on the South Coast of New South Wales at Bermagui (which was delightful in itself as this is only a short distance from my home) and the story concerns the disappearance of the fishing launch Do-Me with all hands. A thorough search by other launches, Police and even small planes fails to turn up anything of the launch, the two crewmen or the angler aboard her, except for a thermos flask. Some days later, the captain of a fishing trawler finds amongst his catch the head, complete with bullet holes, of the missing angler, a Mr Ericson visiting from UK. Three months later, Bony is called in to investigate, as Mr Ericson was a good friend of the NSW Police Commissioner. Thus Bony manages to combine his investigative work on a very interesting case with the opportunity to try his hand at sword-fishing: one does, after all, have to examine the scene of the crime! Bony freely admits that his expertise lies in tracking on land, rather than at sea where traces of crime are soon obliterated if they are even apparent, but his pride leads him to attempt to solve the case despite the chance that he may, in this instance, fail to do so. There is rather a lot of description of landing marlin, together with not so much detective work, but what detection is described is first-rate. Upfield packs his story with much information about big game fishing, as well as touching on twins, weather, visibility and coastal currents. As always, Upfield treats the reader to realistic characters and an original plot with a gripping climax. Another good Bony read.
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