Order of Inspector Bonaparte Books
Inspector Bonaparte is the protagonist in a series of detective fiction novels by Australian novelist Arthur Upfield. Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte (aka “Bony”) is a half-Caucasian, half-Aboringine police detective with the Queensland police force. The novels are not only set in Queensland, but throughout the entire country of Australia. He often works undercover, using a pseudonym.
Arthur Upfield began his Inspector Bonaparte series in 1928 with the novel The Barrakee Mystery. The series lasted 29 novels, concluding in 1966 with The Lake Frome Monster. Below is a list of Arthur Upfield’s Inspector Bonaparte books in order of when they were originally published (which is the same as their chronological order):
Publication Order of Inspector Bonaparte Books
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The Barrakee Mystery / The Lure of the Bush |
(1929) |
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The Sands of Windee |
(1931) |
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Wings Above the Diamantina / Wings Above the Claypan |
(1936) |
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Mr. Jelly’s Business/Murder Down Under |
(1937) |
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Winds of Evil |
(1937) |
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The Bone is Pointed |
(1938) |
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The Mystery of Swordfish Reef |
(1939) |
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Bushranger of the Skies / No Footprints in the Bush |
(1940) |
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Death of a Swagman |
(1945) |
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The Devil’s Steps |
(1946) |
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An Author Bites the Dust |
(1948) |
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The Mountains Have a Secret |
(1948) |
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The Bachelors of Broken Hill |
(1950) |
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The Widows of Broome |
(1951) |
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The New Shoe/The Clue of the New Shoe |
(1951) |
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Venom House |
(1952) |
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Murder Must Wait |
(1953) |
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Death of a Lake |
(1954) |
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Sinister Stones/Cake in the Hat Box |
(1954) |
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The Battling Prophet |
(1956) |
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Man of Two Tribes |
(1956) |
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Bony Buys a Woman / The Bushman Who Came Back |
(1957) |
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Bony and the Mouse / Journey to the Hangman |
(1959) |
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Bony and the Black Virgin / The Torn Branch |
(1959) |
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Bony and the Kelly Gang / Valley of Smugglers |
(1960) |
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Bony and the White Savage |
(1961) |
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The Will of the Tribe |
(1962) |
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Madman’s Bend / The Body at Madman’s Bend |
(1963) |
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The Lake Frome Monster |
(1966) |