Yesterday's Shadow

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Yesterday's Shadow

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First edition
Author Jon Cleary
Country Australia
Language English
Series Scobie Malone
Genre Detective
Publisher HarperCollins (Australia/UK)
William Morrow (US)
Publication date
2001
Preceded by Bear Pit
Followed by The Easy Sin

Yesterday's Shadow is a 2001 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary, his 50th over all. [1] It was the eighteenth book featuring Sydney detective Scobie Malone. [2]

Jon Cleary Australian writer and novelist

Jon Stephen Cleary was an Australian writer and novelist. He wrote numerous books, including The Sundowners (1951), a portrait of a rural family in the 1920s as they move from one job to the next, and The High Commissioner (1966), the first of a long series of popular detective fiction works featuring Sydney Police Inspector Scobie Malone. A number of Cleary's works have been the subject of film and television adaptations.

Scobie Malone is a fictional Sydney homicide detective created by Australian novelist Jon Cleary.

The plot involves two murders which take place at the same hotel on the same night, one of the victims being the wife of the American ambassador. [3] Although the book was generally well received critically, Cleary only wrote two more Malone novels. [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. Stuart Coupe, 'Novel No. 50, and Cleary Still Walks the Walk', The Sunday Age 18 November 2001, Agenda p.11
  2. 'Crime review', Canberra Sunday Times 2 December 2001, Relax p.53
  3. Yesterday's Shadow at AustCrime
  4. Graeme Blundell, 'Local Authors Show Disturbing Signs of Life', The Weekend Australian 19–20 January 2002, Review p.13
  5. Peter Pierce, 'Double Trouble', The Sydney Morning Herald 19–20 January 2002, Spectrum p.12
  6. David Honeybone, 'Crime Icons', Australian Book Review no.238 February 2002 pp.46-47