''Yesterday's Shadow'' is a 2001 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 ...

, his 50th over all. It was the eighteenth book featuring Sydney 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 ...

. The plot involves two murders which take place at the same hotel on the same night, one of the victims being the wife of the American ambassador. Although the book was generally well received critically, Cleary only wrote two more Malone novels.David Honeybone, 'Crime Icons', ''Australian Book Review'' no.238 February 2002 pp.46-47

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