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New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987
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In the little town of Mitford, New South Wales, four babies have been stolen - all boys, all under three months old, and all apparently neglected by their mothers. The local police have given up and the trail is cold. Then a fifth child vanishes, and the mother is found dead next to the empty cot. Inspector Bonaparte is called in, first to find the missing children, and only then to solve the murder...
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LibraryThing member cmbohn
"In the little town of Mitford, New South Wales, four babies have mysteriously disappeared--all boys, all under three months old, and all apparently neglected by their mothers."
This is a change from the usual Inspector Bonaparte story, where he must track a missing person across the outback. Also,
CMB
This is a change from the usual Inspector Bonaparte story, where he must track a missing person across the outback. Also,
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unlike other books, he has a partner of sorts in this one, Police Constable Alice McGorr. She's up to the job, though, and I liked seeing Bony as part of the team, rather than fighting the system as he so frequently does. Even the ending is great. Really worth reading.CMB
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LibraryThing member antiquary
Another vintage Bony mystery in the kind of setting where he is at his best, a small Australian country town, in this case Mitford in New South Wales, where a series of four thefts of babies has climaxed with a fifth which has escalated to include the murder of the child's mother ; even before the
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fifth case, the local police and the state police had admitted they were stymied and called in Bony, who arrives just in time to begin by investigating the fifth case. Show Less
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English
Original publication date
1953
Physical description
192 p.; 18 cm
ISBN
9780020259008