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The Bachelors of Broken Hill

By: Arthur W. Upfield
Narrated by: Peter Hosking
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 Among the 28,000 inhabitants of Broken Hill there stalks a killer. Already two elderly bachelors have died horribly from cyanide poisoning. Now, two months later, Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte faces a cold trail - no motive, no clues. So Bony waits for what he believes to be inevitable - a third killing.©1958 Bonaparte Holdings Ltd. (P)2000 Bolinda Publishing Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction

Editorial reviews

Peter Hosking's intense voice plays the full emotional range of this truly Australian mystery. Set in a remote mining town, The Bachelors of Broken Hill by Arthur W. Upfield tells the story of two unexplained murders. Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte is called in to solve the crimes, but is left waiting for another killing when the clues lead nowhere. In chilling tones, award-winning Hosking delivers a lucid performance of this literary mystery, at once a novel and a document of Australian life and culture at the time it was written.

Critic Reviews

"Arthur Upfield has an extraordinary gift. He has created a character, the half-caste Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, who steps alive off the page." (The Times)
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Very interesting if you have been to Broken Hill and can visualize the streets etc.

Great story

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Mispronunciations and misplaced emphases too regular to be totally acceptable. But, the reader's voice quite pleasant.

Constant faults, but generally pleasing reading.

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If you are looking for political correctness don't listen. If you want to hear a true reflection of the language and phrasing of the era listen on. Upfield draws beautiful and accurate word pictures of rural Australia. Refreshing to have a who done it that doesn't need graphic violence or sex to keep the story moving. Great to hear an Australian story read with an Australian accent and the correct pronunciation.

Old one but good one

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