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Jon Cleary

Also known as: Jon CLEARY, JON CLEARY

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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.

The sun was a distant glowing orb in an azure sky, with none of its promised heat evident at this relatively early morning hour.

— from Yesterday's Shadow, 1984

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Yesterday's Shadow

1984

3.8 (24)

Could love take away her bitter memories? Natalie's fairytale marriage to millionaire Ryan Marshall ended after only three months, when her growing suspicions of his infidelity drove her to take refuge at her father's home. There she had Ryan's child. Natalie had vowed never to have anything more to do with Ryan for the rest of her life. Now she had no choice but to contact Ryan for help in financing an operation to save her father. Ryan agreed to advance sufficient funds. But he demanded Natalie and his child as collateral.

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Dilemma

5.0 (1)

IT WAS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE Shannon Gallagher was about to become Mrs. Matthew Rossi. She and the handsome pharmacist had met when Matt had hired her to manage his new clinical lab. After months of hard work, the fledgling business was beginning to thrive, and their wedding date was only a month away. Shannon's whole world now belonged to Matt. Her previous marriage, a very brief union with a young sailor, was so far in her past that it seemed like a dream. But for Shannon, that remnant of a dream was about to become a nightmare....

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Ransom

1981

4.0 (1)

Highlands' Lairds #2 As a child, Gillian lost her sister and saw her father killed by Baron Alford, a man driven by greed, determined to obtain a jewelled box belonging to King John. Years later, while searching for her sister, Gillian enlists the aid of Scottish Lairds Ramsey Sinclair and Brodick Buchanan, as well as a new friend, Brigid Kirk Connel. The four unite to face the terrifying and powerful baron who has stolen Gillian's home. But in the process of regaining her heritage, will Gillian lose her heart? Highlands' Lairds Series: The Secret (Highlands' Lairds, #1) Ransom (Highlands' Lairds, #2) Shadow Music (Highlands' Lairds, #3)

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