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Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, travels to the remote Australian town Chifley, to search for a woman who mysteriously disappeared from a passenger train crossing the Nullarbor Plain, a desolate desert.
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Seller: Orielis' Books, CHAPEL HILL, NC, U.S.A.
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Guilbert, Patrice (cover) (illustrator). Spine slightly slanted, a bit creased. A little edge wear and rubbing. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. An attractive copy. "Myra Thomas, an acquitted murderess, appears to have walked off the train somewhere along the four hundred miles of track that cross the treeless Nullarbor Plain in Southern Australia; and Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, the only policeman capable of coping with such country, is out looking for her. With two camels and a dog for company, Bony searches for a clue. He finds a missing woman and a dead man; he finds a murderess and five murderers; on top of this, he lands in prison in the middle of thousands of square mile of uninhabitable desert. The terrain, character, and dangers are described by an acknowledged master of the Australian scene - this is 'vintage' Upfield. "; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Seller Inventory # 008086
Seller: Happy Heroes, Monroe, NJ, U.S.A.
softcover. Condition: vg. Seller Inventory # 11869
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0207141029I5N00
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0207141029I4N00
Seller: Barclay Books, York, WA, Australia
Paperback. Myra Thomas, accused of murdering her philandering husband, is found not guilty by a sympathetic jury. But while travelling from Adelaide to Perth on the Transcontinental Railway express, she mysteriously disappears during the overnight journey across the vast, featureless desert.Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte takes the case and sets off to search for her over the flat wasteland of the Nullabor Plain. At first it seems that the harsh environment will give him no clues, but Bony soon finds more than he bargained for ? landing himself in a bigger mystery, and a fight for survival . 1984. Reprint. A very good copy. Seller Inventory # 21607767