Susan W. (Suz) reviewed on 3/18/2010 + 725 more book reviews

From the back cover: "The naked body of a man is discovered entombed in the wall of the Split Point Lighthouse on Australia's southeast coast; the murder is two months old, and the identity of the victim is unknown. Of Split Point's suspicious inhabitants, only Ed Penwarden, the coffin-maker, befriends Bony upon his arrival. As he delves into the case, Bony is curious to know why a coffin is moved in the night, who was the girl seen struggling with Dick Lake on the cliff top-and why the Bully Bucaneers came to deal in death.

Arthur W. Upfield was born in Britain but lived in Australia all his adult life....[He] has created a character, the half-caste Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte,...who steps alive off the page."

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