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When local solicitor Will Rockne is found in his car by his wife - shot through the head - it seems a baffling and motiveless murder. However, Scobie Malone, newly assigned to the case, has his suspicions. Despite his daughter Claire's shy romance with young Jason Rockne, Scobie and his wife Lisa's encounters with Will and Olive Rockne at school functions have always been a little disconcerting...Will had been determined to convince them that he was more than just a suburban lawyer. But when a huge amount of cash is found in a safe in Rockne's office, Scobie discovers that he wasn't just boasting; he would seem to have been caught up in something big - big enough to involve Bernie Bezrow, Sydney's largest bookmaker, the mysterious Shahriver offshore bank, and an elusive, undoubtedly dangerous Russian. Somewhere in this labyrinth lies the key to a ruthless murder, and Scobie is determined to pursue it to the end...until his investigation is thwarted by an unexpected source and he is met with a wall of deceit and evasiveness. To break it down will demand all of his skills and experience and will put the lives of young Claire and Jason in terrible danger. Bleak Spring contains all the hallmarks of Jon Cleary's masterful novels: a gripping murder story, wonderfully shrewd observations on the dark underside of contemporary world events, and a remarkably vivid portrait of modern Australian society.
Genre: Mystery
Genre: Mystery
Used availability for Jon Cleary's Bleak Spring
Hardback Editions
July 1994 : USA Hardback
March 1994 : USA Hardback
September 1993 : UK Hardback
Paperback Editions
February 1995 : UK Paperback

Title: Bleak Spring (Charnwood Library)
Author(s): Jon Cleary
ISBN: 0-7089-8808-3 / 978-0-7089-8808-4 (UK edition)
Publisher: Charnwood (Large Print)
Availability: Amazon UK
October 1994 : UK Paperback
Audio Editions
August 2018 : MP3 CD
August 2013 : USA Audio CD
August 2013 : USA Audio CD

Title: Bleak Spring (Scobie Malone)
Author(s): Jon Cleary
ISBN: 1-62460-119-7 / 978-1-62460-119-4 (USA edition)
Publisher: Blackstone Pub
Availability: Amazon UK
August 2013 : USA Audio edition

Title: Bleak Spring: Scobie Malone, Book 10
Author(s): Jon Cleary
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Availability: Amazon
December 2002 : UK Audio Cassette
Kindle Editions
July 2014 : Australia, Canada, UK Kindle edition
June 2013 : USA Kindle edition

Title: Bleak Spring (A Scobie Malone Novel Book 10)
Author(s): Jon Cleary
Publisher: AudioGO
Availability: Amazon