Who Called Netta Maul?: A Story of Murder in the Fiji Islands

by Frank Arthur

This detective thriller traces events which take place after an inhabitant of a Fijian village is found murdered. A local Inspector who knows more about the lives of the expatriate community in Fiji than anyone else must recreate the last hours of the victim's life and uncover the murderer.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Pseudonym of Arthur Frank Ebert.
He was a novelist and historian. He served as an accountant in Fiji and New Zealand before returning to England as a Civil Servant.

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fiji is the setting for this 1941 police-procedural which hasn’t aged too badly. A murder of a Suva mixed-race beauty, obviously committed by an ex-pat, is investigated by an Inspector and his young assistant who are both appealing characters and the plot develops as they doggedly trace the killer mainly through plenty of interviews of suspects. The novel also incidentally provides a good portrait of pre-war colonial life. The names of many of the characters are silly and attitudes to race are obviously of the time period but it is an interesting if very straightforward read

[Windy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Way too much inane chatter in this for me. I think fans of No.1 Detective Agency might like it - it has the same type of "voice".

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

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