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The Battling Prophet
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On a deserted dirt road in Western Australia a police jeep has been abandoned...enter Inspector Bonaparte. Sinister stones....on a lonely dirt road in Western Australia a police jeep is found. In it is Constable Stenhouse - shot dead. His Aboriginal tracker has disappeared, and clues are thin on the ground. Enter Inspector Bonaparte, who soon realises that he is not alone in his search for the criminal. The local Aboriginal people are seeking vengeance, too....
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An Inspector Bonaparte Mystery. The Answerth family's mansion seems to deserve its nickname of "Venom House". Perhaps that's because of its forbidding setting, an island in the centre of a man-made lake, its treacherous waters studded by the skeletons of long-dead trees. Perhaps it's because of the unquiet ghosts of the Aborigines slaughtered by Answerth ancestors. Or perhaps it's just because the Answerth household is such a strange one.
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Broome is a small, sun-drenched town on the barren northwest coast of Australia. It's small enough that everyone knows everyone else's business. How, then, did someone murder two widows in similar fashion and not leave any clues? It's a case for Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, who arrives on the scene incognito. He's barely begun his investigation when a third woman is killed. Bony realises that he is dealing with a madman, and that time is running out to stop a forth murder.
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Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte is called to the drought-stricken outback for this, his latest case. At a desolate sheep station, two men have been savagely beaten to death, and it's Bony's job to make an arrest. This isn't an easy case, since clues are scarce in this sun-baked, sand-blown country, but Bony's understanding of the bush and the people who live there – both black and white – leads him inexorably to the killer.
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The aborigines, who knew how many eagles flew over their inland desert, must have known who put the dead white man into Lucifer's Couch. But no one in Hall's Creek, white or black, reported seeing the stranger - and there were no tracks around the meteor crater. Was the murder done by whites or blacks or by both in collusion? Bony listened to the ancient tribal legends and found truth nobody wanted to believe.
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legends
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Why was the redoubtable King Henry, an aborigine from Western Australia, killed during a thunderstorm in New South Wales? What was the feud that led to murder after nineteen long years had passed? And who was the woman who saw the murder and kept silent? This first story of Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, the half-aborigine detective, takes him to a sheep station in the Darling River bush country where he encounters those problems he understands so well... mixed blood and divided loyalties.
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Dated and racist but still poetic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A cat ... a ping-pong ball ... a drunken gardener ... With these slight clues to go on Detective-Inspector Bonaparte investigates the mysterious death of famous author, Mervyn Blake, who dies an agonizing death late one night in his writing room. But how did he die? No one knows. No one that is until Bony's acute observation of human nature uncovers the murderer - and the method used to kill Blake.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Location, location, location
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Publisher's Summary
Ben Wickham, a famous meteorologist whose uncannily accurate forecasts have helped famers and graziers all over Australia, has died after a three-week drinking bout.
The doctor certifies that his death was cause by heart failure due to alcoholic poisoning.
But Ben's neighbour and drinking partner, John Luton, is convinced his friends didn't die from too much gin. He manages to lure Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte to his riverside cottage near the South Australian coast, on an unofficial visit for a spot of fishing.
Bony, thinking at first he's on holiday and paying a casual visit, is intrigued and decides to investigate.
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Excellent installment
Audible.Com Audio Reviews 5.6.2019.0108 D1
I’ve listened to 18 audiobooks in this series. In order of importance, on the basis of quality of narration, plot and story, character development, content and profundity, prose and felicitous expressions, memorable quotes and novelty, I offer these ratings:
Excellent:
Battling Prophet…..The Bone is Pointed…....Bushmaster of the Skies..…Death of a Swagman…..Mister Jelly’s Business…..Devil’s Steps…Sands of Windee…..Murder Must Wait…..Wings of Damantina…..
Very Good
Author Bites the Dust….Bony and the Kelly Gang…..Clue of the New Shoe…..Mystery of Swordfish Reef…..Venom House…..Widows of Broome….Bony and the White Savager,…..
Worthwhile:
Death of a Lake…..Mountains Have a Secret…
Mediocre or Lower Rating
None of these audios are mediocre or of lesser quality. All are at least worthwhile listens.
Other Comments
Narration: Aussie characterizations are fun.
Storyline: All books in this series are fun. This one is particularly interesting. The plot is a bit complicated, which holds one's interest. Owing to the several different characters and their rather tenuously described relationships, this mystery might be more profitably read than heard. Nonetheless, I find the narrator so interesting and the stories so compelling that I without reservation highly recommend this listen.
Also: the character Bony's prose is elegant, nuanced, and really quite beautiful. For this reason alone studying a hard copy , for me, will be beneficial.
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- Tracey
- 07-09-15
bony again
If you could sum up The Battling Prophet in three words, what would they be?
another classic tale from a brilliant writer of his time a classic that is gripping
What did you like best about this story?
the sly detective work and characters that seem real
Which character – as performed by Peter Hosking – was your favorite?
alice she is one tough policewomen with style
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
the scene ot the house when badguy won,t talk
Any additional comments?
another book read by peter of this great classic series please
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- whip the whip
- 05-11-17
Great fun
Love the story, the language, but truly enjoy Peter Hosking's characterization. I'm a hooked fan!
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- Glenecollins
- 02-12-17
It's a Bony story ... have not yet hit a bad one
What made the experience of listening to The Battling Prophet the most enjoyable?
It is a great story well told
What other book might you compare The Battling Prophet to and why?
I tend to compare all other crime novels to the Bony series
What about Peter Hosking’s performance did you like?
Brilliant as usual
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- Bookbums
- 07-04-16
Predicting the . . .
What did you love best about The Battling Prophet?
I like all the Bony books. I like the period feel. This one had a more narrow focus than most of the others.
What other book might you compare The Battling Prophet to and why?
None that I have read.
Have you listened to any of Peter Hosking’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Only a the narrator of the other Bony books.