• Source: Degrees of Connection
    • Degrees of Connection is a 2004 Ned Kelly Award-winning novel by the Australian author Jon Cleary.
      It was the 20th and last entry in the Scobie Malone series. Cleary decided to stop writing crime novels because he felt he was getting stale.


      Synopsis


      Scobie Malone has been promoted from inspector to superintendent, while Russ Clements is now head of Homicide. He investigates the murder of the personal assistant to Natalie Shipwood, the CEO of development company Orlando. Malone's son, Tom, seems to have impregnated a girlfriend who is subsequently murdered and his daughter Maureen is an ABC journalist covering the Securities Commission investigation into Orlando.


      Awards


      Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2004: winner


      Notes


      Dedication: "For Joy (1922–2003)".


      See also


      2003 in Australian literature


      References

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