The author of fifty novels, including the famous SUNDOWNERS, his most recent stories featured likeable family man Detective Scobie Malone. In 1995 he was awarded the Inaugural Ned Kelly Award for his lifetime contribution to crime fiction in Australia.
Awards: Edgar (1975)
Genres: Mystery
Series
Scobie Malone
1. The High Commissioner (1966)
2. Helga's Web (1970)
3. Ransom (1973)
4. Dragons at the Party (1987)
5. Now and Then, Amen (1988)
6. Babylon South (1989)
7. Murder Song (1989)
8. Pride's Harvest (1991)
9. Dark Summer (1992)
10. Bleak Spring (1993)
11. Autumn Maze (1994)
12. Winter Chill (1995)
13. A Different Turf (1997)
14. Endpeace (1996)
15. Five Ring Circus (1998)
16. Dilemma (1999)
17. The Bear Pit (2000)
18. Yesterday's Shadow (2001)
19. The Easy Sin (2002)
20. Degrees of Connection (2003)
1. The High Commissioner (1966)
2. Helga's Web (1970)
3. Ransom (1973)
4. Dragons at the Party (1987)
5. Now and Then, Amen (1988)
6. Babylon South (1989)
7. Murder Song (1989)
8. Pride's Harvest (1991)
9. Dark Summer (1992)
10. Bleak Spring (1993)
11. Autumn Maze (1994)
12. Winter Chill (1995)
13. A Different Turf (1997)
14. Endpeace (1996)
15. Five Ring Circus (1998)
16. Dilemma (1999)
17. The Bear Pit (2000)
18. Yesterday's Shadow (2001)
19. The Easy Sin (2002)
20. Degrees of Connection (2003)
Novels
These Small Glories (1946)
You Can't See Round Corners (1947)
The Long Shadow (1949)
Just Let Me Be (1950)
aka You, the Jury
The Climate of Courage (1954)
aka Naked in the Night
Justin Bayard (1955)
aka Dust in the Sun
The Green Helmet (1959)
North from Thursday (1960)
The Sundowners (1960)
Forests of the Night (1963)
A Flight of Chariots (1964)
The Fall of an Eagle (1965)
The Pulse of Danger (1966)
The Long Pursuit (1967)
Seasons of Doubt (1968)
Remember Jack Hoxie (1969)
Mask of the Andes (1971)
aka The Liberators
Man's Estate (1972)
aka The Ninth Marquess
Back of Sunset (1973)
The Country of Marriage (1973)
Peter's Pence (1974)
The Safe House (1975)
A Sound of Lightning (1976)
High Road to China (1977)
Vortex (1977)
The Beaufort Sisters (1979)
A Very Private War (1980)
The Golden Sabre (1981)
The Faraway Drums (1981)
Very Private View (1982)
Spearfield's Daughter (1983)
The Phoenix Tree (1984)
The City of Fading Light (1985)
Miss Ambar Regrets (2004)
Morning's Gone (2007)
Four-cornered Circle (2007)
You Can't See Round Corners (1947)
The Long Shadow (1949)
Just Let Me Be (1950)
aka You, the Jury
The Climate of Courage (1954)
aka Naked in the Night
Justin Bayard (1955)
aka Dust in the Sun
The Green Helmet (1959)
North from Thursday (1960)
The Sundowners (1960)
Forests of the Night (1963)
A Flight of Chariots (1964)
The Fall of an Eagle (1965)
The Pulse of Danger (1966)
The Long Pursuit (1967)
Seasons of Doubt (1968)
Remember Jack Hoxie (1969)
Mask of the Andes (1971)
aka The Liberators
Man's Estate (1972)
aka The Ninth Marquess
Back of Sunset (1973)
The Country of Marriage (1973)
Peter's Pence (1974)
The Safe House (1975)
A Sound of Lightning (1976)
High Road to China (1977)
Vortex (1977)
The Beaufort Sisters (1979)
A Very Private War (1980)
The Golden Sabre (1981)
The Faraway Drums (1981)
Very Private View (1982)
Spearfield's Daughter (1983)
The Phoenix Tree (1984)
The City of Fading Light (1985)
Miss Ambar Regrets (2004)
Morning's Gone (2007)
Four-cornered Circle (2007)