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Dinner-suit Dan single work   novel   detective  
Alternative title: The Paint Tube Mystery
Issue Details: First known date: 1938... 1938 Dinner-suit Dan
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'In "Dinner-suit Dan," a young man from the bush joins the police in order to enable him to continue his studies in his leisure at the University, and having been attached to the detective branch of the force, he Is immediately involved In a sensational jewellery robbery and murder, as a detective. His sweetheart becomes involved, also, and together they have an experience that is packed with thrills.

'This Is a detective story with a difference, as the real sleuths of a real force are the heroes, and the way they go about their work is as exciting as any story of the super men from outside who are the central figures in many Scotland Yard tales.'

Source:

'"Dinner-suit Dan" : Australian Detective Thriller', Dalby Herald, 3 June 1938, p.3.

Notes

  • Originally serialised in the Dalby Herald in June 1938 under the name 'Harry Welch'. Serialised later in 1938 under the name A.E. Yarra.
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