Just finished two more books by Arthur Upfield - see my earlier reviews of his Napolean Bonaparte stories set in Australia in the 30's and 40's. An Author Bites the Dust has Bony investigating the murder of a prominent Australian author, in a story centered around "literature" vs. "commercial writing". The other, Breakaway House, is the first I've read by Upfield that does not feature Bony, but instead, an extremely likable police inspector, Harry Tremayne - this was not only a good mystery, but also very humorous. These books are in fact more "commercial writing" than great "literature", but they're compelling reads, with very nice descriptive writing, great dialogue and delightful interactions among people. Wonderful summer reading!
Nice... will have to check these out! I loved "The Bone is Pointed", so I doubt that I can resist another of these.
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