Murder Song

Murder Song
First UK edition
AuthorJon Cleary
LanguageEnglish
SeriesScobie Malone
GenreDetective
PublisherCollins (UK)
William Morrow (US)
Publication date
1990
Publication placeAustralia
Preceded byBabylon South 
Followed byPride's Harvest 

For the song "Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)" by Nordic indietronica singer AURORA, see All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend.

Murder Song is a 1990 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary. It was the seventh book featuring Sydney homicide detective Scobie Malone.[1][2][3]

Cleary originally wanted to title the book Six Green Bottles but was talked out of it by his publisher.[4]

  1. ^ Philip Kahllemms, Crime Review, The Sunday Herald (Sunday Review) 11 November 1990 p.40
  2. ^ 'Murder Mystery review (1990)', Australian Bookseller & Publisher vol.70 no.1009 October 1990 (p.34)
  3. ^ "Snipings and scandals in sizzling Sydney". The Canberra Times. 6 October 1990. p. 25. Retrieved 18 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ Tony Stephens, 'Steinbeck? Don't Make Me Laugh', Sydney Morning Herald, 4 November 1989 p 86