The Devil's Steps
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st in this edition.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
A masterwork of Australian crime fiction, The Devil's Steps places Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte — the half-Aboriginal, half-white investigator known as Bony — at the center of a wartime mystery set against the rugged Victorian countryside. The novel chronicles Bony's undercover investigation into a series of suspicious deaths near a remote guesthouse, where espionage, murder, and the tensions of World War II converge in a tightly woven plot. Upfield masterfully illustrates the unique landscape of rural Australia, using the bush itself as both backdrop and character, while weaving in authentic details of Aboriginal tracking skills that set Bony apart from any other detective in crime fiction. The tone is atmospheric and methodical, rewarding patient readers with a suspenseful unraveling of secrets that runs far deeper than a simple murder inquiry. Fans of classic detective fiction will find in Bony one of the genre's most distinctive and enduring heroes.
Author: Arthur W. Upfield
Format: Hardback
Published: 1965, Angus and Robertson
Edition: 1st in this edition.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
A masterwork of Australian crime fiction, The Devil's Steps places Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte — the half-Aboriginal, half-white investigator known as Bony — at the center of a wartime mystery set against the rugged Victorian countryside. The novel chronicles Bony's undercover investigation into a series of suspicious deaths near a remote guesthouse, where espionage, murder, and the tensions of World War II converge in a tightly woven plot. Upfield masterfully illustrates the unique landscape of rural Australia, using the bush itself as both backdrop and character, while weaving in authentic details of Aboriginal tracking skills that set Bony apart from any other detective in crime fiction. The tone is atmospheric and methodical, rewarding patient readers with a suspenseful unraveling of secrets that runs far deeper than a simple murder inquiry. Fans of classic detective fiction will find in Bony one of the genre's most distinctive and enduring heroes.