A string of bizarre murders shares common elements: all the victims are elderly bachelors and there is always a woman nearby at the time of the deaths. When the witnesses' descriptions of the woman vary widely, half-Aborigine detective Napoleon Bonaparte ("Bony") finds himself calling on a professional burglar and an amateur sketch artist for help.
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Australian Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte (Bony) is a singular character. When elderly bachelors are being poisoned one by one, Bony is sent to Broken Hill to get to the bottom of it. His personality and unconventional methods of detection arouse people's curiosity. All the victims have in common is having been single and having had a tendency to gobble their food, making for messy clothing. Narrator Peter Hosking's melodious voice covers roguish characters, Aussie, Irish, and Aboriginal. He enhances Bony's technique of using hypnosis to coax witnesses to remember clues. Barmaids, burglars, and a magician are cleverly presented by Hosking. Upfield and Hosking keep listeners guessing until the last minute of this oddly fascinating mystery. S.G.B. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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Bachelors of Broken Hill,
This review is from: The Bachelors of Broken Hill: An Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte Mystery (Paperback)
Arthur Upfield's Bony books are a wonderful mixture of Australian life, natural history, and subtle humor. The Bachelors of Broken Hill is typical of his stories, though it is set in a remote mining town as opposed to his usual outback settings. Everyone where I live who reads one book reads them all. We pass copies back and forth as many are out of print and reread them aloud to each other. I keep a map of Australia handy to follow each story and have visited some of the places mentioned in his books. He brings alive a sense of intellectual curiousity as you follow Bony's clues to put enough evidence together for an iron clad verdict.
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Classic Upfield, but not his best.,
By klock@alphacomp.com (Bellingham, WA) - See all my reviews
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This is a classic Upfield mystery, although Upfield's not at his best here. Bonarparte is sent to a bustling mining town, but doesn't do much of his usual bushman's work. Upfield portrays the life in this town well, but the murderer's motive is pretty weak this time.
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Steady Paced Mystery Audio unabridged 6cds,
By Barbara Lane "Audio Books only" (Sydney Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Bachelors of Broken Hill: An Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte Mystery (Paperback)
THE BACHELORS OF BROKEN HILL is set in a remote mining town in Australia. Upfield portrays the life in this town extremely well.
If you like detective stories that have solid character and backgrounds, that avoid familiar pattern of crime and detection stories then Arthur Upfield is the author for you. This is a wonderful mixture of Australian subtle humour and the ways of the australian life. The pace is steady but not quick. This story might be just right for you. The narrator Peter Hosking is excellent
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Long, long, ago the aborigines came and called it Wilya-Wilya-Yong. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mullock dump, red drawstrings, same handbag, blue handbag, glass dagger, drank ginger ale, broken hill, third murder, glass knife Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sergeant Crome, Argent Street, Superintendent Pavier, Mary Isaacs, Muriel Lodding, Great Scarsby, Ted Pluto, Chic Chic, Inspector Stillman, Jimmy Nimmo, Miss Lodding, Luke Pavier, Miss Isaacs, Western Mail, Jimmy the Screwsman, Wally Sloan, Patrick O'Hara, Senior Detective Abbot, Detective Office, Inspector Bonaparte, Dublin Kate, Miss Ball, Policewoman Lodding, George Henry Tuttaway, Hans Gromberg New!
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Long, long, ago the aborigines came and called it Wilya-Wilya-Yong. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mullock dump, red drawstrings, same handbag, blue handbag, glass dagger, drank ginger ale, broken hill, third murder, glass knife Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sergeant Crome, Argent Street, Superintendent Pavier, Mary Isaacs, Muriel Lodding, Great Scarsby, Ted Pluto, Chic Chic, Inspector Stillman, Jimmy Nimmo, Miss Lodding, Luke Pavier, Miss Isaacs, Western Mail, Jimmy the Screwsman, Wally Sloan, Patrick O'Hara, Senior Detective Abbot, Detective Office, Inspector Bonaparte, Dublin Kate, Miss Ball, Policewoman Lodding, George Henry Tuttaway, Hans Gromberg New!
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- The BONE IS POINTED by Arthur W. Upfield in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Lure of the Bush (Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte Mystery Series #1) by Arthur W. Upfield in Front Matter
- The MYSTERY OF SWORDFISH REEF by Arthur W. Upfield in Front Matter
- Buffalo Bill (Graded Readers) by P. Hill on page 1
- Murder Down Under by Arthur W. Upfield in Front Matter
- The MYSTERY OF SWORDFISH REEF by Arthur W. Upfield in Front Matter
- Out of the Woodpile: Black Characters in Crime and Detective Fiction (Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture) by Frankie Y. Bailey on page 147
- The BONE IS POINTED by Arthur W. Upfield in Front Matter
- Murder Down Under by Arthur W. Upfield in Front Matter
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