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BEAT NOT THE BONES

Charlotte Jay

A Tale of Terror in the Tropics

Winner of the 1954 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel
Winner of the 1954 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel

Suicide, or murder? Newly arrived in Papua, where even the luscious vegetation conspires with the bureaucrats to bewilder her, Stella Warwick is determined to prove her husband did not take his own life. Defying the patronising concern of officials, she ventures deep into the jungle, striding ever closer to the horrifying heart of the mystery.

"Charlotte Jay works you up to the revelation of a horrible secret, and the secret turns out to be the horrible surprise you hoped it would be." (New York Times Book Review)

The Wakefield Crime Classics series revives forgotten or neglected gems of crime and mystery fiction by Australian authors. Many of the writers have established international reputations but are little known in Australia.
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Published 2023-05-11 by Wakefield Press

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Charlotte Jay works you up to the revelation of a horrible secret, and the secret turns out to be the horrible surprise you hoped it would be.

Winner of the 1954 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel