In a message of , Fred Runk (1:300/6.2) writes:
 RK> Aborigine Inspector in the Queensland police force with the 
 RK> unlikely name of Napoleon Bonaparte.   Unfortunately, I 
 RK> think they are all out of print again.   I have read 
 >I think they are back in print again.  I've seen a whole section of a local
 >bookstore dedicated to Upfield's mysteries.
 >If you can't find them, let me know if you are missing any.  Perhaps I 
ould
 >find them around here.
Ok, I need:
The House of Cain
The Beach of Atonement
A Royal Abduction
Gripped by Drought
Bony and the White Savage  (alternative title: The White Savage)
 RK> Bruce Alexander has a new series based on real historical 
 RK> character, Sir John Fielding, a blind 18th century London 
 RK> magistrate.   He created one of the 1st English police 
 RK> forces, the Bow Street Runners, and was brother to Henry 
 RK> Fielding, the novelist.   The 1st one is called Blind 
 RK> Justice.
 >Ah, interesting.  Henry Fielding served as a magistrate also for some time.
 >Have yo read any of them?  What did you think of it?
Yeah, I've read the first one, Blind Justice.   The mystery was kind of silly 
but Sir John is great.
 >Which one of Perry's two series did you read--or both possibly?  I'm 
eading
 >the Monk series right now.  Might look in on the other sometime.
My wife has be reading both. She really likes the Monks. I read the first 
book about the Pitts and liked it but I really hated the one where they first 
meet. 
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