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Rowland Sinclair novels volume 1
Rowland Sinclair mystery volume 1
Rowland Sinclair mysteries volume 1
Rowland Sinclair WWII Mysteries
Rowland Sinclair mystery volume 1
Rowland Sinclair mysteries volume 1
Rowland Sinclair WWII Mysteries
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A Few Right Thinking Men is set in the 1930s, in the thick of the Depression, but more importantly amid a growing fear of communism. The story is based around the character of Rowland Sinclair, the youngest of the very wealthy Sinclairs, an aspiring artist living with his penniless friends in his father's estate.
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Rowland Sinclair novels volume 2
Rowland Sinclair mystery volume 2
Rowland Sinclair mysteries volume 2
Rowland Sinclair WWII Mysteries
Rowland Sinclair mystery volume 2
Rowland Sinclair mysteries volume 2
Rowland Sinclair WWII Mysteries
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English
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In 1932, the RMS Aquitania embodies all that is gracious and refined, in a world gripped by crisis and doubt. Returning home on the luxury liner after months abroad, Rowland Sinclair and his companions dine with a suffragette, a Bishop and a retired World Prophet. The Church encounters less orthodox religion in the Aquitania's chandeliered ballroom, where men of God rub shoulders with mystics in dinner suits. The elegant atmosphere on board is charged...
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Rowland Sinclair novels volume 4
Rowland Sinclair mysteries volume 4
Rowland Sinclair mystery volume 4
Rowland Sinclair mysteries volume 4
Rowland Sinclair mystery volume 4
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English
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It's 1933, and the political landscape of Europe is darkening. Eric Campbell, the man who would be Australia's Führer, is on a fascist tour of the Continent, meeting dictators over cocktails and seeking allegiances in a common cause. Yet the Australian way of life is not undefended. Old enemies have united to undermine Campbell's ambitions. The clandestine armies of the Establishment have once again mobilised to thwart any friendship with the Third...
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Rowland Sinclair novels volume 3
Rowland Sinclair mysteries volume 3
Rowland Sinclair mystery volume 3
Rowland Sinclair mysteries volume 3
Rowland Sinclair mystery volume 3
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"In early 1933, Rowland Sinclair and his companions are ensconced in the superlative luxury of the Hydro Majestic, Medlow Bath, where trouble seems distant indeed. Then Harry Simpson vanishes. Croquet and pre-dinner cocktails are abandoned for the High Country where Rowland hunts for Simpson with a determination that is as mysterious as the disappearance itself. Stockmen, gangsters and a belligerent writer all gather to the fray, as the investigation...
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Rowland Sinclair novels volume 7
Rowland Sinclair mysteries volume 7
Rowland Sinclair mystery volume 7
Rowland Sinclair mysteries volume 7
Rowland Sinclair mystery volume 7
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English
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When Rowland Sinclair is invited to take his yellow Mercedes onto the Maroubra Speedway, popularly known as the Killer Track, he agrees without caution or reserve. But then people start to die ... The body of a journalist covering the race is found in a House of Horrors, an English blueblood with Blackshirt affiliations is killed on the racetrack ... and it seems that someone has Rowland in their sights. With danger presenting at every turn, and the...
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Rowland Sinclair novels volume 5
Rowland Sinclair mysteries volume 5
Rowland Sinclair mystery volume 5
Rowland Sinclair mysteries volume 5
Rowland Sinclair mystery volume 5
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English
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There's an Evelyn Waugh-meets-Agatha Christie feel about this series. Handsome, wry, and witty despite his impeccable manners, and the dedicated black sheep of his conservative, wealthy Australian family, Rowland Sinclair prefers to leave managing the immense family fortune and politics to his elder brother, Wil, while pursuing a life as a gentleman artist. A life in company of boho housemates Clyde, a fellow painter; Milton, a plagiarising poet;...
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