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For Inspector Scobie Malone, a dinner party at the Sydney estate of Sir Harry and Lady Phillipa Huxwood, the fabulously wealthy heads of a publishing empire, proves to be an evening charged with tension between the Huxwoods and their squabbling children and grandchildren. The Huxwoods' own personal slice of the Sydney skyline - the Chronicle - is up for sale, and the family peace - if it ever existed - is about to be shattered by murder. During the night, Sir Harry is shot dead in his own bed, and his blood could be on the hands of anyone with a stake in the Huxwood dynasty. Malone finds…
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4 editions- Hardcover · English · 1997William Morrow & Co · 416 pages · 9780708989562
- Audiobook · English · 1997ISIS Audio Books · 9780753101384
- Other · English · 1998G.K. Hall · 420 pages · 9780783883694
- Other · English · 1997W. Morrow · 263 pages · 9780688147105
AustraliaFictionPoliceScobie Malone (Fictitious character)Large type booksSydney (n.s.w.), fictionAustralia, fiction













