Hear the Train Blow and Goodbye Girlie by Patsy Adam-Smith mystery enhanced by its peculiarly Australian

enhanced by its peculiarly Australian flavour: 'I have heard of the man

coming back

from the opal mines of Coober Pedy to the pearling luggers of Broome

remembering that one of her funniest routines comes straight out of the Encyclopedia Britannica

such as the burning of the Crusader which is based on the piracy of the Rodney off Moorara Station in the shearers’ strike of 1891

Hear the Train Blow and Goodbye Girlie by Patsy Adam-Smith mystery enhanced by its peculiarly AustralianHear the Train Blow and Goodbye Girlie by Patsy Adam Smith Complete and unabridged Claremont Books, Penguin, 1998, ISBN 0734300298, black and white photographic plates, hardcover, dustjacket Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, front endpaper clipped, age toned pages, no inscriptions, dustjacket shows some edge and shelf wear with some rubbing, bumping, chipping and creasing, a little