Degrees of Connection

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Degrees of Connection
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First edition
Author Jon Cleary
LanguageEnglish
Series Scobie Malone
Publisher HarperCollins
Publication date
2003
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint Paperback
Pages276 pp
ISBN 0-7322-7632-2
OCLC 223765101
Preceded by The Easy Sin  

Degrees of Connection is a 2004 Ned Kelly Award-winning novel by the Australian author Jon Cleary. [1]

Contents

It was the 20th and last entry in the Scobie Malone series. Cleary decided to stop writing crime novels because he felt he was getting stale. [2]

Synopsis

Scobie Malone has been promoted from inspector to superintendent, while Russ Clements is now head of Homicide. He investigates the murder of the personal assistant to Natalie Shipwood, the CEO of development company Orlando. Malone's son, Tom, seems to have impregnated a girlfriend who is subsequently murdered and his daughter Maureen is an ABC journalist covering the Securities Commission investigation into Orlando.

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References

  1. "Degrees of Connection by Jon Cleary". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  2. Jason Steger, 'Cleary's had his fill of crime' The Age, August 27, 2004 accessed 8 March 2012
  3. "2004 Ned Kelly Award Winners". Australian Crime Writers. Archived from the original on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 27 March 2024.