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Murder Song
First UK edition
AuthorJon Cleary
LanguageEnglish
SeriesScobie Malone
GenreDetective
PublisherCollins (UK)
William Morrow (US)
Publication date
1990
Publication placeAustralia
Preceded byBabylon South 
Followed byPride's Harvest 

Murder Song is a 1990 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary. It was the seventh book featuring Sydney homicide detective Scobie Malone.[1][2][3]

Cleary originally wanted to title the book Six Green Bottles but was talked out of it by his publisher.[4]

Synopsis

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A young woman is killed by a sniper in a Sydney apartment building. Malone discovers the building was owned by a businessman with links to organised crime – who was a cadet with Malone years ago at the police academy. Soon another former classmate of theirs is also killed.[5][6][7][8]

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  1. ^ Philip Kahllemms, Crime Review, The Sunday Herald (Sunday Review) 11 November 1990 p.40
  2. ^ 'Murder Mystery review (1990)', Australian Bookseller & Publisher vol.70 no.1009 October 1990 (p.34)
  3. ^ "Snipings and scandals in sizzling Sydney". The Canberra Times. 6 October 1990. p. 25. Retrieved 18 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ Tony Stephens, 'Steinbeck? Don't Make Me Laugh', Sydney Morning Herald, 4 November 1989 p 86
  5. ^ Murder Song at Austcrime
  6. ^ Katherine England, 'New Twists and Turns for Formula One Hero', The Advertiser Magazine 10 November 1990 (p.15)
  7. ^ Len Ward, 'Snipings and Scandals in Sizzling Sydney' The Canberra Times 6 October 1990 (B9)
  8. ^ Ray Davie, review, The Age 27 February 1991, Tempo (p.2)
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