Murder Song

Murder Song
First UK edition
Author	Jon Cleary
Country	Australia
Language	English
Series	Scobie Malone
Genre	Detective
Publisher	Collins (UK) William Morrow (US)
Publication date	1990
Preceded by	Babylon South
Followed by	Pride's Harvest

For the song "Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)" by Nordic indietronica singer AURORA, see All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend.

Murder Song is a 1990 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary. It was the seventh book featuring Sydney homicide detective Scobie Malone.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Cleary originally wanted to title the book Six Green Bottles but was talked out of it by his publisher.^[4]

Synopsis

A young woman is killed by a sniper in a Sydney apartment building. Malone discovers the building was owned by a businessman with links to organised crime - who was a cadet with Malone years ago at the police academy. Soon another former classmate of theirs is also killed.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

References

↑ Philip Kahllemms, Crime Review, The Sunday Herald (Sunday Review) 11 November 1990 p.40
↑ 'Murder Mystery review (1990)', Australian Bookseller & Publisher vol.70 no.1009 October 1990 (p.34)
↑ "Snipings and scandals in sizzling Sydney.". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). ACT: National Library of Australia. 6 October 1990. p. 25. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ Tony Stephens, 'Steinbeck? Don't Make Me Laugh', Sydney Morning Herald, 4 November 1989 p 86
↑ Murder Song at Austcrime
↑ Katherine England, 'New Twists and Turns for Formula One Hero', The Advertiser Magazine 10 November 1990 (p.15)
↑ Len Ward, 'Snipings and Scandals in Sizzling Sydney' The Canberra Times 6 October 1990 (B9)
↑ Ray Davie, review, The Age 27 February 1991, Tempo (p.2)

External links

Murder Song at AustLit (subscription required)

Works by Jon Cleary

Novels

1940s	These Small Glories (1946) (short stories) You Can't See 'Round Corners (1947) The Long Shadow (1949)
1950s	Just Let Me Be (1950) The Sundowners (1952) The Climate of Courage (1954) Justin Bayard (1955) The Green Helmet (1957) Back of Sunset (1959) Strike Me Lucky (1959)
1960s	North from Thursday (1960) The Country of Marriage (1962) Forests of the Night (1963) A Flight of Chariots (1963) The Fall of an Eagle (1965) The High Commissioner (1966) The Pulse of Danger (1966) The Long Pursuit (1967) Season of Doubt (1968) Remember Jack Hoxie (1969)
1970s	Helga's Web (1970) Mask of the Andes (1971) Man's Estate (1972) Ransom (1973) Peter's Pence (1974) The Safe House (1975) A Sound of Lightning (1976) High Road to China (1977) Vortex (1978) The Beaufort Sisters (1979)
1980s	A Very Private War (1980) The Faraway Drums (1981) The Golden Sabre (1981) Spearfield's Daughter (1982) The Phoenix Tree (1984) The City of Fading Light (1985) Dragons at the Party (1987) Now and Then, Amen (1988) Babylon South (1989)
1990s	You, the Jury (1990) (reprint of 1950 Just Let Me Be) Murder Song (1990) Pride's Harvest (1991) Dark Summer (1992) Bleak Spring (1993) Autumn Maze (1994) Winter Chill (1995) Endpeace (1996) A Different Turf (1997) Five Ring Circus (1998) Dilemma (1999)
2000s	Bear Pit (2000) Yesterday's Shadow (2001) The Easy Sin (2002) Degrees of Connection (2003) Miss Ambar Regrets (2004) Morning's Gone (2006) Four-Cornered Circle (2007)

Films and TV

Just Let Me Be (1957) (TV)
Dust in the Sun (1958)
The Siege of Pinchgut (1959)
The Sundowners (1960)
The Green Helmet (1961)
Bus Stop (1961) (TV) (2 eps)
Damon and Pythias (1962)
The Diamond Smugglers (1964)
You Can't See 'Round Corners (1967) (TV)
Nobody Runs Forever (The High Commissioner) (1968)
You Can't See 'round Corners (1969)
Sidecar Racers (1975)
High Road to China (1983)
Spearfield's Daughter (1986) (mini series)

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