The Sands of Windee

The Sands of Windee (1931) is a novel by Australian writer Arthur Upfield. It was the fourth of the author's novels and the second to feature his recurring character Detective Inspector Napoleon 'Bony' Bonaparte. It was originally published in the UK by Hutchinson in 1931. It was republished and reprinted numerous times through 1969 in Australia. It was also translated and published in Germany and Japan, in 1960 and 1983, respectively.

After its initial publication, the book was serialised under the title The Barrakee Mystery in The Herald (Melbourne) in 42 daily instalments between 23 January and 11 March 1932.^[1][2]

Decades later, the novel was adapted as a television movie entitled Boney and the Powder Trail (1973), directed by Peter Maxwell.