When Bony Was There: A Chronology of the Life and Career of Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte

When Bony Was There: A Chronology of the Life and Career of Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte
Author: Kees de Hoog
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2010
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1445766191

Using facts and clues gleaned from the Bony stories by Arthur Upfield, Kees de Hoog has compiled a chronology of the personal life events and professional assignments of Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte. This booklet uncovers the evidence and explains how it was pieced together to reveal the dates and other details. The conclusions are presented with the findings of similar research by others into the location of each Bony novel. Woven together they sketch the outline of the life, career and travels of the internationally acclaimed fictional detective.

Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte

Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte
Author: Michael Duke
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Aboriginal Australians in literature
ISBN: 9781443823753

Bony was a â oeblacktrackerâ who became a police inspector and worked throughout mainland Australia. Ranging across five of Australiaâ (TM)s States, Dr Duke pursued Bonyâ (TM)s trail through desert and coast. He has tracked through the bush, its wonderful scenery and characters. He has climbed mountains and swum in inland seas. For the first time the reader can learn of the real Bony and his antecedents. For the first time the Aboriginal background to so many of Bonyâ (TM)s cases is revealed. This biography displays the real spirit of Australia!

Wings Above the Diamantina

Wings Above the Diamantina
Author: Arthur W. Upfield
Publisher: ETT Imprint
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2020-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 192238447X

The discovery of a stolen red monoplane on the dry, flat bottom of Emu Lake meant many things for different folks. For Elizabeth Nettlefold, the chance to nurse its strangely ill meant renewed purpose in life. For Dr Knowles, brilliant physician and town drunk, it meant the revival of a romantic dream. For some it meant a murder plan gone awry, and for Bonaparte, it meant one of the toughest cases of his career. Bony - a unique figure among top-flight detectives. - BBC

The Bone is Pointed

The Bone is Pointed
Author: Arthur W. Upfield
Publisher: ETT Imprint
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2020-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 192238450X

Jeffrey Anderson was a big man with a foul temper - a sadist and an ugly drunk. When his horse The Black Emperor, an animal as mean as its owner, came home riderless, no one cared. And no one cared when no trace of the man could be found. But five months later, Detective-Inspector Bonaparte is called in - and he is determined to solve the mystery. With his usual tenacity he takes up the cold trail. What happened to Anderson, to his hat, to his stockwhip, to his horse's neck-rope? Bony must rely on his eyes and his wits to help him find the answers, for the local inhabitants, both black and white, are keeping their own secrets. Bony - a unique figure among top-flight detectives - BBC

The Sands of Windee

The Sands of Windee
Author: Arthur W. Upfield
Publisher: ETT Imprint
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2020-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1922384453

Why had Luke Marks driven specially out to Windee? Had he been murdered or had he, as the local police believed, wandered away from his car and been overwhelmed in a dust-storm? When Bony noticed something odd in the background of a police photograph, he begins to piece together the secrets of the sands of Windee. Here is the original background to the infamous Snowy Rowles murder trial. Napoleon Bonaparte my best detective. - Daily Mail

The Mystery of Swordfish Reef

The Mystery of Swordfish Reef
Author: Arthur W. Upfield
Publisher: ETT Imprint
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2020-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1922384518

An intriguing case for Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte begins on a calm October day in an Australian seaside near Bermagui. Three men set out to sea for a day's fishing... and do not return. Despite intensive searches, no trace of the men or their boat is found, until, weeks later, a passing trawler hauls in a gruesome catch - the head of one of the missing fishermen. It is quite clear that its owner was murdered with a pistol shot. But by whom, and why, is for Bony to find out. A thriller with a new kind of thrill. - Sheffield Morning Telegraph

Twentieth Century Authors

Twentieth Century Authors
Author: Stanley Kunitz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1138
Release: 1942
Genre: Literature, Modern
ISBN:

A biographical dictionary of modern literature.

The Barrakee Mystery

The Barrakee Mystery
Author: Arthur William Upfield
Publisher:
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2014
Genre: Bonaparte, Napoleon, Inspector (Fictitious character)
ISBN: 9781459682887

Why was King Henry, an aboriginal from Western Australia, killed in New South Wales? What was the feud that led to murder after nineteen long years had passed? Who was the woman who saw the murder and kept silent? This first story of Inspector Bonaparte takes him to the Darling River bush country where he encounters those problems he understands so well mixed blood and divided loyalties.

The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery

The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery
Author: B. Murphy
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 553
Release: 1999-12-09
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0230107354

Bruce Murphy's Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery is a comprehensive guide to the genre of the murder mystery that catalogues thousands of items in a broad range of categories: authors, titles, plots, characters, weapons, methods of killing, movie and theatrical adaptations. What distinguishes this encyclopedia from the others in the field is its critical stance.