Author: Davitt, Ellen; Sussex, Lucy (introduction).
Title: Force and Fraud: A Tale of the Bush [Australian Books on Demand].
Description: Canberra Mulini Press, 1993. Reprint ed. Paperback large octavo, very good plus condition, minor edgewear. 143 pp. (Reprint: red spine, series mentioned on copyright page.) Australia's first murder mystery novel. Published in Melbourne in 1865 in The Australian Journal, this tale set in the Australian bush is a great murder mystery. It tells the story of a young artist accused of murdering his fiancee's father who objected to the match. The action ranges widely with a court scene and clues to the murderer scattered cleverly through the book. It is an astonishing first in the murder mystery genre in Australia and makes fascinating reading. (No 6 in this series.). ISBN: 0949910368

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