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No Footprints in the Bush

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No Footprints in the Bush is the 8th novel in the Bony series by Australian mystery writer, Arthur Upfield. The scene is set with Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte witnessing the bombing from a small plane of a car. The car was carrying the police sergeant that Bony was to meet in regard to the recent murders of two aboriginal stockmen during the theft of cattle. Bony makes friends with the Wantella tribe's chief, Burning Water, and, against the wishes of the local land owner, Donald MacPherson, sets about investigating the three murders. The motive and the culprit are discovered quite early in the book; Bony departs from his usual behaviour of leaving the capture to "real" police when he learns about the murderer's parentage. Upfield makes some comment on the treatment of and future of the Aborigine in this novel. As usual, the plot is original: aeroplanes, kidnapping, mixed marriages, a power-hungry half-caste with delusions of grandeur, smoke signals, tracking, grass castles, snakebites, a beautiful niece and some disloyal workers all feature. Classic Upfield.