The Torn Branch (also pub. as Bony and the Black Virgin
by Upfield, Arthur W.
pub. by Collier Macmillan - orig . 1959 isbn
- 156 p. - a book in the Napoleon (Bony) Bonaparte series of mystery novels
An unidentified man is found murdered and the hired hand missing on a sheep station
where a terrible drought reduced the station to poverty. The hired hand is found
dead and the plot twists. Rain is brought by the local Aborigines doing their
magic, but it is too late for the sheep at the smaller station.
The dry lake is filled. A liason between lovers of different races causes a
double suicide due to their feeling that their relationship is forbidden.
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