Arthur W Upfield
Author
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
1st Scribner Paperback Fiction ed.
Physical Desc
268 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
An intriguing case for Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte begins on a calm October day in an Australian seaside near Bermagui. Three men set out to sea for a day's fishing... and do not return. Despite intensive searches, no trace of the men or their boat is found, until, weeks later, a passing trawler hauls in a gruesome catch - the head of one of the missing fishermen. It is quite clear that its owner was murdered with a pistol shot. But by whom, and...