The Easy Sin

The Easy Sin
First edition
Author	Jon Cleary
Country	Australia
Language	English
Series	Scobie Malone
Genre	Detective
Publisher	HarperCollins
Publication date	2002
Preceded by	Yesterday's Shadow
Followed by	Degrees of Connection

The Easy Sin is a 2002 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary.^[1] It was the nineteenth (and penultimate) book featuring Sydney detective Scobie Malone.^[2] The plot concerns the murder of a housemaid to a dot com millionaire. Kidnappers thought they have grabbed the millionaire's girlfriend, not realising they've taken the millionaire instead. Matters are complicated by the involvement of the Yakuza.^[3]^[4]

References

↑ Stuart Coupe, 'Short Cuts', The Sydney Morning Herald 6–7 September 2003, Books Extra p.4
↑ Jeff Popple, 'More Domestic Suspense', The Canberra Times 2 November 2002, Panorama p.16
↑ 'The Easy Sin' at AustCrime
↑ Robin Wallace-Crabbe, 'Let's Twist Again', The Bulletin vol.120 no.6355 17 December-14 January 2002 - 2003 p.143

External links

The Easy Sin at AustLit (subscription required)

Works by Jon Cleary

Novels

1940s	You Can't See 'Round Corners (1947) The Long Shadow (1949)

1950s	Just Let Me Be (1950) The Sundowners (1952) The Climate of Courage (1954) Justin Bayard (1955) The Green Helmet (1957) Back of Sunset (1959) Strike Me Lucky (1959)

1960s	North from Thursday (1960) The Country of Marriage (1962) Forests of the Night (1963) A Flight of Chariots (1963) The Fall of an Eagle (1965) The High Commissioner (1966) The Pulse of Danger (1966) The Long Pursuit (1967) Season of Doubt (1968) Remember Jack Hoxie (1969)

1970s	Helga's Web (1970) Mask of the Andes (1971) Man's Estate (1972) Ransom (1973) The Safe House (1975) Peter's Pence (1975) A Sound of Lightning (1976) High Road to China (1977) Vortex (1978) The Beaufort Sisters (1979)

1980s	A Very Private War (1980) The Faraway Drums (1981) The Golden Sabre (1981) Spearfield's Daughter (1982) The Phoenix Tree (1984) The City of Fading Light (1985) Dragons at the Party (1987) Now and Then, Amen (1988) Babylon South (1989)

1990s	You, the Jury (1990) (reprint of 1950 Just Let Me Be) Murder Song (1990) Pride's Harvest (1991) Dark Summer (1992) Bleak Spring (1993) Autumn Maze (1994) Winter Chill (1995) Endpeace (1996) A Different Turf (1997) Five Ring Circus (1998) Dilemma (1999)

2000s	Bear Pit (2000) Yesterday's Shadow (2001) The Easy Sin (2002) Degrees of Connection (2003) Miss Ambar Regrets (2004) Morning's Gone (2006) Four-Cornered Circle (2007)

Films and TV

Just Let Me Be (1957) (TV)
Dust in the Sun (1958)
The Siege of Pinchgut (1959)
The Sundowners (1960)
The Green Helmet (1961)
Bus Stop (1961) (TV) (2 eps)
Damon and Pythias (1962)
The Diamond Smugglers (1964)
You Can't See 'Round Corners (1967) (TV)
Nobody Runs Forever (The High Commissioner) (1968)
You Can't See 'round Corners (1969)
Sidecar Racers (1975)
High Road to China (1983)
Spearfield's Daughter (1986) (mini series)

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