Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte is on leave, staying with an old friend near Adelaide. Ben Wickham, a meteorologist whose uncannily accurate weather forecasts had helped farmers all over Australia, lived nearby. Ben died after a three-week drinking binge ... but Bony's host insists that whatever Ben died of it wasn't alcohol...
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Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte is on leave, staying with an old friend near Adelaide. Ben Wickham, a meteorologist whose uncannily accurate weather forecasts had helped farmers all over Australia, lived nearby. Ben died after a three-week drinking binge ... but Bony's host insists that whatever Ben died of it wasn't alcohol...
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Add this copy of The Battling Prophet to cart. $25.00, very good condition, Sold by MLC Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Northfield, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by William Heinemann Ltd..
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Very Good in Good jacket. Napoleon Bonaparte investigates when a friend of a friend dies after a three week drinking jag, but not from the booze. Reprint. Corners and spine ends bumped. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, three small stains on the rear panel, in new Brodart.
Add this copy of Battling Prophet to cart. $48.96, fair condition, Sold by Stephen White Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bradford, WEST YORKSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1970 by William Heinemann Ltd.
Is it just me, or did Arthur Upfield have more to say about politics, government and administration than crime in this book? In most of his books, the story revolves around understanding the true motive and actions that led to the murder. In this book, the actual motive and means of murder are such minor points the reader would miss them entirely if not for the explicit explanation at the end. Don't get me wrong - there is still much of the same wonderful description and dialogue of other Bony books. I just think Upfield was running out of creative plot lines at this point in his writing career.