7.2 /10 1 Votes
Country Australia Series Scobie Malone Originally published 1996 Preceded by Winter Chill Genres Fiction, Novel | 3.6/5 AbeBooks Language English Publication date 1996 Followed by A Different Turf | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publisher HarperCollins (UK)
William Morrow (US) Similar Jon Cleary books, Scobie Malone mysteries books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Endpeace is a 1996 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary. It was the thirteenth book featuring Sydney detective Scobie Malone.
Contents
Plot
The book starts with Scovie attending a dinner party held by a publishing tycoon. During the night the tycoon is shot dead and Scobie has to find the killer.
Background
As part of his research for the novel, Cleary visited the offices of the Sydney Morning Herald. However, he denied the publishing family in the book was based on the Fairfaxes, who then owned the Herald.
Reception
Reviewer Stuart Coupe said that, "over recent years Cleary's books have varied in quality but this is a superior effort from an acknowledged master of the genre."
References
Endpeace Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA