Dark Summer is a 1992 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary.[1]
It was the ninth book featuring Sydney homicide detective Scobie Malone,[2] and begins with the discovery of a corpse in Scobie's swimming pool. The dead man was an informer involved in Scobie's recent drug investigation. Scobie puts his family under police protection and tracks down the killer.[3][4][5]
Like many of Cleary's novels it features sport, in this case one day cricket.
