Dragons at the Party
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 First UK edition | |
| Author | Jon Cleary |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Scobie Malone |
| Genre | Detective |
| Publisher | Collins (UK) William Morrow (US) |
Publication date | 1987 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Preceded by | Ransom |
| Followed by | Now and Then, Amen |
Dragons at the Party is a 1987 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary.[1] It was the fourth book featuring Sydney homicide detective Scobie Malone, and marked the character's first appearance in print in fourteen years.[2][3]
Cleary did not originally intended to turn Scobie Malone into a long-running series. However, after his daughter's death in 1987 his wife fell ill, and Cleary was not able to travel as widely as he liked in order to research his novels. This forced him to write about Sydney and he thought that returning to the crime genre was a way to write about Australia while still appealing to the international market.[4] The novel was a success and Cleary concentrated on writing Malone adventures until 2003.