The Devil's Steps

RARE 1st edition in dustjacket of Arthur W. Upfield's "The Devil's Steps" featuring his Aboriginal detective, Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte. The Devil's Steps by Arthur W. Upfield. 1st edition. hardcover in dustjacket. Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday & Co Inc,NY, 1946. On special assignment with Military Intelligence, Detective-Inspector Bonaparte leaves his familiar Australian outback environment for Melbourne and a nearby mountain resort. Although out of his element with city people, Bony displays his characteristic skills to interpret some puzzling clues in the search for a wily killer. "The complex half-caste Bony is, I think, my favourite fictional detective of the past twenty years." - Anthony Boucher, The New York Times "dustjacket has wear and tear, but good for age and type, some cloth staining, insides clean and tight, very good" SHELF.