Pride's Harvest

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Pride's Harvest
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First UK edition
Author Jon Cleary
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Series Scobie Malone
GenreDetective
Publisher HarperCollins (UK)
William Morrow (US)
Publication date
1991
Preceded by Murder Song  
Followed by Dark Summer  

Pride's Harvest is a 1991 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary. It was the eighth book featuring Sydney homicide detective Scobie Malone. [1]

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Synopsis

Malone is called in to investigate the murder of a Japanese industrialist in the small country town of Collamundra, where his family are holidaying with friends. Scobie becomes involved in local racial tensions and a murder that happened seventeen years ago. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Books. Puzzles. Crop of favourites for beach reading". The Canberra Times . 8 December 1991. p. 21. Retrieved 18 October 2015 via National Library of Australia.
  2. Pride's Harvest at Austcrime
  3. Graeme Blundell, 'Bombay on the Rocks, Washed Down with a Bottle of Red', The Weekend Australian 29 February – 1 March 1992 (rev 4)
  4. Marilyn Stasio, Crime review, The New York Times Book Review 5 January 1992 (p.25)