Degrees of Connection

Degrees of Connection
First edition
Author	Jon Cleary
Language	English
Series	Scobie Malone
Publisher	HarperCollins
Publication date	2003
Publication place	Australia
Media type	Print Paperback
Pages	276 pp
ISBN	0-7322-7632-2
OCLC	223765101
Preceded by	The Easy Sin

Degrees of Connection is a 2004 Ned Kelly Award-winning novel by the Australian author Jon Cleary.^[1]

It was the 20th and last entry in the Scobie Malone series. Cleary decided to stop writing crime novels because he felt he was getting stale.^[2]

Synopsis

Scobie Malone has been promoted from inspector to superintendent, while Russ Clements is now head of Homicide. He investigates the murder of the personal assistant to Natalie Shipwood, the CEO of development company Orlando. Malone's son, Tom, seems to have impregnated a girlfriend who is subsequently murdered and his daughter Maureen is an ABC journalist covering the Securities Commission investigation into Orlando.

Awards

Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2004: winner^[3]

Notes

Dedication: "For Joy (1922–2003)".

References

^ "Degrees of Connection by Jon Cleary". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
^ Jason Steger, 'Cleary's had his fill of crime' The Age, August 27, 2004 accessed 8 March 2012
^ "2004 Ned Kelly Award Winners". Australian Crime Writers. Archived from the original on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 27 March 2024.

Works by Jon Cleary

Novels

1940s	These Small Glories (1946) (short stories) You Can't See 'Round Corners (1947) The Long Shadow (1949)
1950s	Just Let Me Be (1950) The Sundowners (1952) The Climate of Courage (1954) Justin Bayard (1955) The Green Helmet (1957) Back of Sunset (1959) Strike Me Lucky (1959)
1960s	North from Thursday (1960) The Country of Marriage (1962) Forests of the Night (1963) A Flight of Chariots (1963) The Fall of an Eagle (1965) The High Commissioner (1966) The Pulse of Danger (1966) The Long Pursuit (1967) Season of Doubt (1968) Remember Jack Hoxie (1969)
1970s	Helga's Web (1970) Mask of the Andes (1971) Man's Estate (1972) Ransom (1973) Peter's Pence (1974) The Safe House (1975) A Sound of Lightning (1976) High Road to China (1977) Vortex (1978) The Beaufort Sisters (1979)
1980s	A Very Private War (1980) The Faraway Drums (1981) The Golden Sabre (1981) Spearfield's Daughter (1982) The Phoenix Tree (1984) The City of Fading Light (1985) Dragons at the Party (1987) Now and Then, Amen (1988) Babylon South (1989)
1990s	You, the Jury (1990) (reprint of 1950 Just Let Me Be) Murder Song (1990) Pride's Harvest (1991) Dark Summer (1992) Bleak Spring (1993) Autumn Maze (1994) Winter Chill (1995) Endpeace (1996) A Different Turf (1997) Five Ring Circus (1998) Dilemma (1999)
2000s	Bear Pit (2000) Yesterday's Shadow (2001) The Easy Sin (2002) Degrees of Connection (2003) Miss Ambar Regrets (2004) Morning's Gone (2006) Four-Cornered Circle (2007)

Films

Dust in the Sun (1958)
The Siege of Pinchgut (1959)
The Sundowners (1960)
The Green Helmet (1961)
Damon and Pythias (1962)
The Diamond Smugglers (1964)
Nobody Runs Forever (The High Commissioner) (1968)
You Can't See 'round Corners (1969)
Sidecar Racers (1975)
Scobie Malone (1975)
High Road to China (1983)

Radio

v t e Ned Kelly Award – Best Novel
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2000–2009	Shooting Star by Peter Temple (2000) Dead Point by Peter Temple The Second Coming by Andrew Masterson (2001) Death Delights by Gabrielle Lord (2002) White Dog by Peter Temple (2003) Degrees of Connection by Jon Cleary (2004) Lost by Michael Robotham (2005) Crook as Rookwood by Chris Nyst The Broken Shore by Peter Temple (2006) Chain of Evidence by Garry Disher (2007) Shatter by Michael Robotham (2008) Deep Water by Peter Corris Smoke and Mirrors by Kel Robertson (2009)
2010–2019	Wyatt by Garry Disher (2010) The Diggers Rest Hotel by Geoffrey McGeachin (2011) Pig Boy by J. C. Burke (2012) Blackwattle Creek by Geoffrey McGeachin (2013) In the Morning I'll Be Gone by Adrian McKinty (2014) Eden by Candice Fox (2015) Before It Breaks by Dave Warner (2016) Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly by Adrian McKinty (2017) Crossing the Lines by Sulari Gentill (2018) The Lost Man by Jane Harper (2019)
2020–present	The Wife and the Widow by Christian White (2020) Consolation by Garry Disher (2021) The Chase by Candice Fox (2022) Exiles by Jane Harper (2023) Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth (2024)