Scobie Malone Books in Order

Sydney policeman Scobie Malone travels to London to arrest Australia's high commissioner for his first wife's murder. The diplomat requests time to finish peace-conference work, while an assassination threat makes Malone's assignment considerably more complicated.

Detective Sergeant Scobie Malone investigates a young woman's death in Sydney as the Opera House takes shape. Helga's involvement in blackmail leaves him tracing the dangerous relationships and secrets surrounding a game he could not interrupt.

Scobie Malone's New York honeymoon turns into a hostage crisis when anarchists abduct his wife alongside the mayor's wife. Their demand for imprisoned comrades' release clashes with the mayor's law-and-order election campaign, leaving Malone personally involved.

During Australia's bicentenary celebrations, Scobie Malone investigates the murder of an aide to an exiled Pacific president. The bullet appears intended for the former leader, forcing Malone to find an assassin before another attempt is made.

A nun's body is discovered outside a Sydney brothel, sending Scobie Malone into an investigation involving a powerful businessman's family. Wealth, political influence and ambitions within the church create barriers as he examines the victim's past.

Bones discovered in the hills reopen Scobie Malone's investigation into Sir Walter Springfellow's disappearance years earlier. Another death in the family and pressure from the police commissioner complicate a case involving wealth, ambition and divided loyalties.

A sniper killing in Sydney draws Scobie Malone toward a businessman connected to organised crime and his own police-academy past. Further deaths suggest former classmates are targets, making old relationships newly dangerous for the detective.

Scobie Malone's country holiday is interrupted by the murder of a Japanese businessman in Collamundra. Racial tensions, resistant local authorities and an unresolved killing from seventeen years earlier complicate his investigation in the prosperous cotton town.

An informer in Scobie Malone's drug investigation is found dead in his family's swimming pool. Police protection disrupts his home life as further killings lead the detective into Sydney's docklands and the operations behind its drug trade.

The murder of suburban lawyer Will Rockne becomes personal for Scobie Malone because their children are dating. Investigating the solicitor's wealth uncovers connections to a bookmaker, offshore banking and a threatening Russian with multiple identities.

The death of the Sydney police minister's son draws Scobie Malone into a politically sensitive investigation. Financial schemes and calculated killings complicate the case, while pressure from powerful figures forces him to seek help from an old criminal adversary.

An American lawyer attending a vast convention in Sydney is shot dead. When the security guard who discovered the body is also killed, Scobie Malone investigates the linked deaths amid the crowds gathered at Darling Harbour.

Someone in Sydney is killing men responsible for attacks on the gay community. Scobie Malone pursues a dangerous vigilante whose intelligence and elusiveness complicate an investigation that also confronts prejudice and conflicting ideas about justice.

After a tense dinner with a wealthy publishing family, Scobie Malone investigates the killing of its patriarch, Sir Harry Huxwood. A proposed newspaper sale, inheritance disputes, and long-held secrets give several relatives reasons to conceal the truth.

Scobie Malone's family dinner is interrupted when an assassin kills three men in a Chinese restaurant. One victim's investment in a troubled Olympic housing development draws the detective into a financial scheme threatening Sydney's preparations for the Games.

A fugitive's arrest leads Scobie Malone to investigate troubling allegations against a respected Crown Prosecutor. Meanwhile, the abduction of a child model exposes a disturbing family life, forcing him to weigh the consequences of uncovering the truth.

As Sydney prepares to welcome international visitors, a prominent politician is assassinated in public. Scobie Malone searches for the professional killer while his daughter's work as a reporter places her in the same line of danger.

Two murders at the same Sydney hotel draw Scobie Malone into a case involving the American ambassador's wife. Pressure from intelligence agencies complicates his investigation, while an unexpected connection to a former girlfriend makes the inquiry personal.

A housemaid's death in a dotcom millionaire's penthouse leads Scobie Malone to a kidnapping gone wrong. Mistaken identity, financial collapse, and debts to the Yakuza complicate what may be his final investigation with Sydney's homicide unit.

The private secretary of a powerful property developer is found murdered with sensitive company documents in her possession. Scobie Malone investigates possible links between her death, questionable financial dealings, and the ambitions surrounding the Orlando Development Company.