Yesterday's Shadow

{{Short description|Novel by Jon Cleary}}

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| author = Jon Cleary

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| country = Australia

| language = English

| series = Scobie Malone

| genre = Detective

| publisher = HarperCollins (Australia/UK)
William Morrow (US)

| release_date = 2001

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| preceded_by = Bear Pit

| followed_by = The Easy Sin

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Yesterday's Shadow is a 2001 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary, his 50th over all.Stuart Coupe, 'Novel No. 50, and Cleary Still Walks the Walk', The Sunday Age 18 November 2001, Agenda p.11 It was the eighteenth book featuring Sydney detective Scobie Malone.'Crime review', Canberra Sunday Times 2 December 2001, Relax p.53

The plot involves two murders which take place at the same hotel on the same night, one of the victims being the wife of the American ambassador.[http://www.austcrimefiction.org/content/yesterdays-shadow Yesterday's Shadow at AustCrime] Although the book was generally well received critically, Cleary only wrote two more Malone novels.Graeme Blundell, 'Local Authors Show Disturbing Signs of Life', The Weekend Australian 19–20 January 2002, Review p.13Peter Pierce, 'Double Trouble', The Sydney Morning Herald 19–20 January 2002, Spectrum p.12David Honeybone, 'Crime Icons', Australian Book Review no.238 February 2002 pp.46-47