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Five Ring Circus

A Scobie Malone Mystery, Book 15

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Five Ring Circus

By: Jon Cleary
Narrated by: David Tredinnick
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 As Sydney prepares for its grand role as host of the next Olympic Games, Scobie Malone is confronted with solving a scam that does nothing for the city’s image. Lurking beneath a facade of respectability, illicit deals are being struck and money from Hong Kong is being banked in large quantities. But whose money is it, and where is it really from? The people responsible will eliminate anyone who is a potential security risk: students and businessmen are being publicly, and privately, executed – with the same sinister, systematic style. Meanwhile Scobie’s investigation is frustrated at every turn by a wall of silence as vast as the Great Wall of China, making progress impossible … until he finds the cracks which will lead him to the unexpected truth.©1998 Jon Cleary (P)2015 Bolinda Publishing Mystery

Critic Reviews

‘The business of a novelist is to tell a story. Jon Cleary has that talent in abundance.’ (The Sunday Express)
‘Jon Cleary’s writing has lost none of its youth, enthusiasm and ability to fascinate.’ (The Daily Telegraph)
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I liked that the story was set in Sydney and I rather enjoy light detective stories. The characters in this one however were a bit roughly developed and thus not very endearing. Perhaps that was a product of the reader. Perhaps it was because I kept going to sleep. Overall it was a pleasant enough light “read”.

Five Ring Circus

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