Bushranger of the Skies

U.S. Title: No Footprints in the Bush

A police car is bombed from the air on a lonely outback road in the untamable and unfathomable wilds of Australia. The victim, killed instantly, is a senior police officer; the culprit, a mysterious pilot who plans to conquer the nation; and the investigator, the brillian Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte. As Bony tracks the elusive pilot through the land of Burning Water, he is drawn into a bewitching web of family intrigue. This extraordinary, richly detailed mystery, classic Upfield, leads Bony closer to death than ever before.

Bushranger of the Skies was first printed in 1940 by Angus and Robertson of Sydney. The American edition was printed by Doubleday as part of its Crime Club series in 1944, but was retitled No Footprints in the Bush. A Canadian edition printed by McClelland and Stewart also appeared in 1944. The Collier Books edition of 1986 is pictured above.