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Tony Piker is a con man who must leave Sydney in a hurry to avoid prison. He hears of a widow who has a fortune in land and animals and who wants to marry again. She accepts his offer of marriage, but he flees when he learns her true circumstances..
Describes Wicking's Detective Greenwood as a 'likeable detective' and the dialogue as easy and natural with natural characters who 'appear for examination' by the detective.