Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte Series

31 primary works • 33 total works
Inspector “Bony” Bonaparte, police officer in Australia: Bony is a biracial Aboriginal Australian detective with a reputation for solving difficult cases by finding subtle clues.

Book 1

The Barrakee Mystery
3.82
· 767 Ratings · 121 Reviews · published 1929 · 36 editions
Why was the redoubtable King Henry, an aborigine f…
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Book 2

The Sands of Windee
3.95
· 749 Ratings · 71 Reviews · published 1931 · 47 editions
The Sands of Windee (Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte …
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Book 3

Wings Above The Diamantina
4.07
· 561 Ratings · 54 Reviews · published 1936 · 1 edition
The discovery of a stolen red monoplane on the dry…
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Book 4

Murder Down Under
3.93
· 1259 Ratings · 91 Reviews · published 1937 · 59 editions
Bony is happy to take on a little informal investi…
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Book 5

Winds of Evil
4.10
· 409 Ratings · 42 Reviews · published 1937 · 50 editions
Detective-Inspector Bonaparte struggles to find th…
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Book 6

The Bone is Pointed
4.00
· 1387 Ratings · 71 Reviews · published 1938 · 14 editions
Jack Anderson was a big man with a foul temper, a …
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Book 7

The Mystery of Swordfish Reef
3.95
· 527 Ratings · 52 Reviews · published 1939 · 45 editions
Three men set out from a small Australian seaside …
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Book 8

No Footprints in the Bush
4.04
· 339 Ratings · 40 Reviews · published 1940 · 40 editions
When a senior police officer is killed by a bomb o…
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Book 9

Death of a Swagman
3.93
· 1085 Ratings · 41 Reviews · published 1945 · 47 editions
Merino is an isolated town in New South Wales. Pos…
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Book 10

The Devil's Steps
3.98
· 314 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 1946 · 44 editions
While on a secret assignment for Military Intellig…
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Book 11

An Author Bites the Dust
3.98
· 357 Ratings · 34 Reviews · published 1948 · 41 editions
Although used to dealing in character assassinatio…
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Book 12

The Mountains Have a Secret
4.01
· 350 Ratings · 40 Reviews · published 1948 · 48 editions
In October two young girls set out for a walk in t…
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Book 13

The Widows of Broome
4.10
· 439 Ratings · 49 Reviews · published 1950 · 42 editions
Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte has never b…
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Book 14

The Bachelors of Broken Hill
3.95
· 521 Ratings · 55 Reviews · published 1950 · 44 editions
A string of bizarre murders shares common all the …
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Book 15

The New Shoe
4.01
· 379 Ratings · 34 Reviews · published 1951 · 52 editions
{ 15.34 x 23.59 cms} Leather Binding on Spine and …
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Book 16

Venom House
3.95
· 283 Ratings · 23 Reviews · published 1952 · 38 editions
The Answerth family's mansion seems to deserve its…
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Book 17

Murder Must Wait
3.99
· 316 Ratings · 32 Reviews · published 1953 · 38 editions
Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte investigates the puzz…
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Book 18

Death of a Lake
4.06
· 417 Ratings · 37 Reviews · published 1954 · 45 editions
On a vast sheep station in the outback, Raymond Gi…
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Book 19

Sinister Stones
4.07
· 299 Ratings · 33 Reviews · published 1954 · 52 editions
Bony comes up against an aborigine tracker, the ch…
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Book 20

The Battling Prophet
4.14
· 273 Ratings · 28 Reviews · published 1956 · 35 editions
1980s reprint of this Australian mystery.
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Book 21

Man of Two Tribes
4.10
· 417 Ratings · 53 Reviews · published 1956 · 16 editions
Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, travels to…
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Book 22

The Bushman Who Came Back
4.06
· 316 Ratings · 22 Reviews · published 1957 · 55 editions
A woman is slain and her young daughter has vanish…
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Book 23

Journey to the Hangman
4.13
· 321 Ratings · 37 Reviews · published 1959 · 53 editions
"Bony - a unique figure among top-flight detective…
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Book 24

The Torn Branch
3.98
· 288 Ratings · 34 Reviews · published 1959 · 42 editions
Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, a half-abo…
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Book 25

Bony and the Kelly Gang
3.93
· 305 Ratings · 28 Reviews · published 1960 · 45 editions
Tucked away in the mountains of NSW is Cork Valley…
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Book 26

Bony And The White Savage
4.04
· 240 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 1961 · 43 editions
By a lonely roadside in the south-west corner of W…
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Book 27

The Will of the Tribe
4.02
· 265 Ratings · 22 Reviews · published 1962 · 50 editions
It is in a harsh and eerie landscape - the crater …
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Book 28

Madman's Bend
4.04
· 204 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 1963 · 29 editions
Nobody liked the drunken, violent William Lush. An…
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Book 29

The Lake Frome Monster
4.01
· 246 Ratings · 18 Reviews · published 1966 · 37 editions
Mass market paperback
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Book 29.1

Bony at Bermagui
3.25
· 4 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 2 editions
On a signboard at Cobargo I read the magic word 'B…
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Book 29.5

The Fool and the Perfect Murder - an Inspector Bonaparte Short Story
Is there such a thing as a perfect murder? At Reef…
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Book 13, 19, 22

Třikrát Napoleon Bonaparte
3.75
· 8 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1977 · 2 editions
Tři detektivní příběhy z exotického prostředí aust…
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Book 16, 17, 27

Vražda musí počkať; Vôľa kmeňa; Prekliaty dom
3.25
· 4 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1966 · 1 edition
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