The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders

The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders
Author Marshall Browne
Country Australia
Language English
Series Inspector Anders
Genre Crime novel
Publisher Duffy & Snellgrove, Australia
Publication date
1999
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 224
ISBN 9781876631154
Preceded by The Gilded Cage
Followed by The Burnt City

The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders (1999) is a crime novel by Australian author Marshall Browne. It won the 2000 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel.

Plot summary

This novel is the first of the author's series of novels about Inspector Anders of the Rome police force.

Ten years before the book begins Anders closed down an anarchist group and lost his leg in the action. Now he has been provided with one last case before his early retirement, an investigation into the murder of a well-respected judge in southern Italy. Anders becomes deeply involved with both the judge's widow and the all-pervading corruption surrounding the investigation as he works towards a conclusion.

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