''Babylon South'' is a 1989 novel from Australian author

Jon Cleary Jon Stephen Cleary (22 November 191719 July 2010) was an Australian writer and novelist. He wrote numerous books, including '' The Sundowners'' (1951), a portrait of a rural family in the 1920s as they move from one job to the next, and '' The ...

. It was the sixth book featuring Sydney homicide detective

Scobie Malone Scobie Malone is a fictional Sydney homicide detective created by Australian novelist Jon Cleary. History Named after the jockey Scobie Breasley, Malone made his first appearance in Cleary's 1966 novel '' The High Commissioner''. Cleary says he ...

, and deals with Malone coming across an old case of his - the 1966 disappearance of the head of

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. He also has to investigate another murder, and deal with pressure from the police commissioner.Jon Cleary at the Australian Crime Fiction Database
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