Part of Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, book 6
First published 1984
Jack Anderson was a brutal man who drank too much and hurt people. Five months have passed since his horse returned without him. The big man has disappeared completely. No one has found any sign of him. More troubling, no one seems to want to find him. Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte refuses to let the case die. Bony knows that cold trails can still lead somewhere if you know how to read the signs. He sets out to trace what happened to Anderson, even though the man had few friends and many enemies. Someone knows the truth about Anderson's fate. Bony will keep digging until he forces that person into the open. In the Australian outback, secrets have a way of surfacing when the right pressure gets applied.
Genres: 20th-century, adventure, mystery, crime, detective
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-detective, cold-case, small-town
Setting: Australia, Australian Outback
Period: 20th Century
288 pages · Paperback · Scribner Paper Fiction