- Title:
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The Devil's Steps
- Series:
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An Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte Mystery #10
- Written by:
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Arthur W. Upfield
- Read by:
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Peter Hosking
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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6
- Duration:
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7 hours 34 minutes
- Published:
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February 01 2009
- Available Date:
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February 01 2009
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781742018287
- Genres:
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Fiction; Australian; Australian Fiction; Detective; Indigenous Peoples; Mystery; Police Drama & Forensics
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Price
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A classic Australian mystery.
Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte leaves his familiar outback environment for Melbourne and a nearby mountain resort on special assignment for Military Intelligence. Although out of his element among city people, Bony displays his characteristic skills to interpret some puzzling clues and catch a murderer - providing the ingredients for another fascinating Arthur Upfield mystery.
"Arthur Upfield's thirty-year-old series about Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte of the Australian police is being reissued, and its politically incorrect aspects can be a bit jarring in 2009. Nevertheless, Bony remains a fascinating, if improbable, character, and narrator Peter Hosking has a wonderful time with him and other in the very large cast. Our protagonist is on special assignment at a posh mountain resort. His job is to sniff out who possesses German plans secreted out of Europe after WWII. Murder intervenes. We have every accent to be found in Australia, every social class, and sober and drunk versions of both men and women. Hosking handles it all very well, only occasionally getting carried away by the exuberant opportunity. But over-the-top is as it should be."
AudioFile Magazine