Murder Must Wait by Arthur Upfield
A book in the Inspector Bonaparte series
In the little town of Mitford, NSW, five babies had been stolen - all were boys less than three months old and all had apparently been neglected by their mothers.
The local Criminal Investigation Branch had given up, and on his arrival a cold trail faced Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, the half-aborigine detective who had never failed to finish a case.
This Pan paperback, 1966, 192 pages, has tanned pages. a previous owner's name along the top of the first page, light cover wear.