Dark Summer
Author | Jon Cleary |
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Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Series | Scobie Malone |
Genre | Detective |
Publisher | HarperCollins (UK) William Morrow (US) |
Publication date | 1992 |
Preceded by | Pride's Harvest |
Followed by | Bleak Spring |
Dark Summer is a 1992 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary. It was the ninth book featuring Sydney homicide detective Scobie Malone, and begins with the discovery of a corpse in Scobie's swimming pool. The dead man was an informer involved in Scobie's recent drug investigation. Scobie puts his family under police protection and tracks down the killer.[1][2][3]
Like many of Cleary's novels it features sport, in this case one day cricket.
In 1997 Peter Yeldham adapted the novel for a proposed telemovie, but this was never made.[4]
References[]
- ^ Dark Summer at Austcrime
- ^ Katherine England, 'Two Reliables Show Their Class with Thrillers', The Advertiser Magazine 19 December 1992 (p.5)
- ^ Jane Stephans, 'Guilt Edge review', Australian Book Review no.149 April 1993 (pp.54-55)
- ^ Information on Dark Summer adaptation at National Film and Sound Archive
External links[]
- Dark Summer at AustLit (subscription required)
Categories:
- 1992 Australian novels
- Novels set in Sydney
- HarperCollins books
- William Morrow and Company books
- Novels by Jon Cleary
- 1990s crime novel stubs