TY - BOOK AU - Thorpe,Alexander TI - Death leaves the station SN - 9781925816006 (paperback) U1 - A823.4 23 PY - 2020/// CY - Fremantle, WA PB - Fremantle Press KW - Detective and mystery stories KW - Australia KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Fiction KW - Detectives KW - Tracking and trailing KW - Friars KW - fast KW - Murder KW - Investigation KW - Prejudices KW - Railroad stations KW - Secrecy KW - Villages KW - Secret KW - Romans, nouvelles, etc KW - Ordres mendiants KW - Préjugés KW - Meurtre KW - Enquêtes KW - Australian fiction KW - Country life KW - Adoptees KW - 1922-1929 KW - Crime-Australia KW - Adult fiction KW - Print KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - Historical fiction KW - lcgft KW - local N2 - A nameless friar turns up at Halfwell Station at the same time that Ana, the adopted daughter of the station owners, discovers a body in the desert during her midnight walk. But when Ana returns to look for it, the body is gone. This story brings the cosy country-house intrigue of crime fiction's golden age to the Australian wheatbelt, and was written for fans of classic mystery and crime fiction ER -