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Jon Clearys latest novel sees Scobie Malone crossing swords with a number of old adversaries following the assassination of a leading politician on the steps of the Olympic Tower.As the Sydney 2000 Games draw ever closer, the citys great and good assemble to celebrate the opening of the Olympic Tower. But the gala turns grisly when the State Premier is shot by a sniper.In his twenty years at the head of the Labor Party, The Dutchman had made any number of enemies. Rivals claimed hed reached his sell-by date and should retire. But who wanted him out of the way badly enough to hire a hitman And with ruthless casino boss Jack Aldwych and his son flanking the Premier at the time of the shooting, who can be sure that the hitman found his true targetAs if politcal skulduggery and high-stakes gambling werent enough to contend with, Scobie finds that his daughter Maureen, now a tabloid-TV journalist, is working the same case with terrifying consequences.
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Jon Cleary is the author of more than forty novels, several of which have been adapted for feature films, including The Sundowners and High Road to China. He won an Edgar in 1974 for Peter's Pence and in 1995 was honored for Lifelong Contribution to Crime, Mystery, and Detective Genres at the Ned Kelly Awards for Australian crime fiction. All of the Scobie Malone mysteries are set in Sydney, Australia, where Cleary lives with his wife, Joy.
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- PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0002261448
- ISBN 13 9780002261449
- BindingHardcover
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- Number of pages272
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