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Pride's Harvest

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Pride's Harvest
First UK edition
AuthorJon Cleary
LanguageEnglish
SeriesScobie Malone
GenreDetective
PublisherHarperCollins (UK)
William Morrow (US)
Publication date
1991
Publication placeAustralia
Preceded byMurder Song 
Followed byDark Summer 

Pride's Harvest is a 1991 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary. It was the eighth book featuring Sydney homicide detective Scobie Malone.[1]

Synopsis

Malone is called in to investigate the murder of a Japanese industrialist in the small country town of Collamundra, where his family are holidaying with friends. Scobie becomes involved in local racial tensions and a murder that happened seventeen years ago.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Books. Puzzles. Crop of favourites for beach reading". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). ACT: National Library of Australia. 8 December 1991. p. 21. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  2. ^ Pride's Harvest at Austcrime
  3. ^ Graeme Blundell, 'Bombay on the Rocks, Washed Down with a Bottle of Red', The Weekend Australian 29 February - 1 March 1992 (rev 4)
  4. ^ Marilyn Stasio, Crime review, The New York Times Book Review 5 January 1992 (p.25)