Biography

Jon Stephen Cleary 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 High Commissioner (1966), the first of a long series of popular detective fiction works featuring Sydney Police Inspector Scobie Malone. A number of Cleary's works have been the subject of film and television adaptations.

Books by Jon Cleary

Beaufort Sisters
Beaufort Sisters
2015
Climate of Courage
Climate of Courage
2015
Different Turf
Different Turf
2014
Bear Pit
Bear Pit
2013
City of Fading Light
City of Fading Light
2013
Now and Then, Amen Lib/E
Now and Then, Amen Lib/E
2013
The Easy Sin Lib/E
The Easy Sin Lib/E
2013
Winter Chill Lib/E
Winter Chill Lib/E
2013
Easy Sin
Easy Sin
2009
Four-cornered circle
Four-cornered circle
2008
Morning's gone
Morning's gone
2007
Miss Ambar Regrets
Miss Ambar Regrets
2006
Mornings Gone
Mornings Gone
2006
The easy sin
The easy sin
2003
A different turf
A different turf
1997
End Peace
End Peace
1997
Endpeace
Endpeace
1997
Winter Chill (A Scobie Malone
Winter Chill (A Scobie Malone Story)
1995
Autumn maze
Autumn maze
1994
Autumn Maze (A Scobie Malone Story)
Autumn Maze (A Scobie Malone Story)
1994
Very Private War
Very Private War
1994
Bleak spring.
Bleak spring.
1993
Pride's harvest
Pride's harvest
1991
Murder Song
Murder Song
1990
Babylon South
Babylon South
1989
Now and Then, Amen
Now and Then, Amen
1988
Dragons at the Party
Dragons at the Party
1987
The City of Fading Light
The City of Fading Light
1985
Les Aventuriers du bout du monde
Les Aventuriers du bout du monde
1983
Takaku kiken na michi
Takaku kiken na michi
1983
Spearfield's daughter
Spearfield's daughter
1982
The golden sabre
The golden sabre
1981
Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Volume 3 1980
Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Volume 3 1980
1980
The Beaufort Sisters
The Beaufort Sisters
1979
High Road To China
High Road To China
1977
Vortax
Vortax
1977
VORTEX
VORTEX
1977
A sound of lightning
A sound of lightning
1976
Just Let Me Be
Just Let Me Be
1976
The deep blue good-bye; The sa
The deep blue good-bye; The safe house; Alive and dead
1975
Peter's pence; a novel
Peter's pence; a novel
1974
You Won't Let Me Finnish
You Won't Let Me Finnish
1974
Mask of the Andes
Mask of the Andes
1972
Helga's web
Helga's web
1970
Long Pursuit
Long Pursuit
1969
Remember Jack Hoxie
Remember Jack Hoxie
1969
Pulse of Danger
Pulse of Danger
1968
Season of doubt
Season of doubt
1968
The Long Pursuit / A Girl Call
The Long Pursuit / A Girl Called Fathom / The Dust and the Heat
1968
The long pursuit
The long pursuit
1967
The Long Pursuit; a Novel
The Long Pursuit; a Novel
1967
The high commissioner
The high commissioner
1966
The country of marriage
The country of marriage
1962
North from Thursday
North from Thursday
1960
Back of Sunset
Back of Sunset
1959
The green helmet, a novel
The green helmet, a novel
1958
Justin Bayard
Justin Bayard
1955
The climate of courage
The climate of courage
1954
THE SUNDOWNERS (HARDCOVER) ~ B
THE SUNDOWNERS (HARDCOVER) ~ BY JON CLEARY
1952
You can't see round corners
You can't see round corners
1948
You can't see around corners
You can't see around corners
1947
These small glories
These small glories
1946
HIGH CCOMMISSIONER
HIGH CCOMMISSIONER
Remember Jack Hoxie [Book]
Remember Jack Hoxie [Book]
The Ninth Marquess
The Ninth Marquess