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Start with A Few Right Thinking Men / A House Divided and continue through all 12 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with A Few Right Thinking Men / A House Divided
Book 1 by Sulari Gentill • Published 2010
In 1931 Sydney, gentleman artist Rowland Sinclair is shaken when his beloved uncle is murdered and the police fix on the wrong suspect. With his bohemian friends at his side, Rowly plunges into the clash between radic...
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Ends with Shanghai Secrets
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Book 1:A Few Right Thinking Men / A House Divided
Sulari Gentill • 2010
In 1931 Sydney, gentleman artist Rowland Sinclair is shaken when his beloved uncle is murdered and the police fix on the wrong suspect. With his bohemian friends at his side, Rowly plunges into the clash between radic...
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Book 2:A Decline in Prophets
Sulari Gentill • 2011
Homeward bound on the luxury liner Aquitania in 1932, Rowland Sinclair dines with bishops, suffragettes, and self-proclaimed prophets. When a fellow passenger is found stabbed with Rowly's walking stick, he and his fr...
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Book 3:Miles Off Course
Sulari Gentill • 2012
As the Depression bites in 1933, Rowland Sinclair is enjoying the comforts of a grand mountain hotel when trusted stockman Harry Simpson vanishes. Rowly abandons croquet for the High Country, chasing kidnappers, rustl...
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Book 4:Paving the New Road
Sulari Gentill • 2012
In 1933, the Australian establishment sends Rowland Sinclair undercover to Nazi Germany to shadow local fascist leader Eric Campbell. Posing among brownshirts and sympathetic aristocrats, Rowly and his friends must su...
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Book 5:Gentlemen Formerly Dressed
Sulari Gentill • 2013
Fresh from a harrowing mission in Germany, Rowland Sinclair reaches London hoping for rest, only to stumble over the bizarrely staged murder of a titled aristocrat. Determined to save the young woman accused, he tangl...
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Book 6:A Murder Unmentioned
Sulari Gentill • 2014
A drained dam yields the gun that killed Rowland Sinclair's formidable father years ago, dragging a buried family tragedy into the open. As gossip hints Rowly pulled the trigger as a teenager, he and his friends revis...
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Book 7:Give the Devil His Due
Sulari Gentill • 2015
When Rowland Sinclair accepts an invitation to race his yellow Mercedes on the notorious Maroubra Speedway, he expects thrills, not bodies. A dead journalist, a murdered fascist aristocrat, shady bookmakers, and whisp...
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Book 8:The Prodigal Son
Colleen McCullough • 2012
In 1969 a lethal blowfish derived neurotoxin goes missing from a Chubb University lab, and sudden unexplained deaths follow. Carmine Delmonico tracks a killer who moves easily among brilliant biochemists and academic...
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Book 9:A Dangerous Language
Sulari Gentill • 2017
Rowland Sinclair volunteers his plane to fly controversial journalist Egon Kisch across Australia, unaware the government will stop at nothing to bar the "raging reporter". After a communist agent is murdered, Rowly i...
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Book 10:All the Tears in China / Shanghai Secrets
Sulari Gentill • 2019
In 1935 Shanghai, Rowland Sinclair arrives to attend delicate wool negotiations under strict orders to sign nothing. When a Russian taxi dancer connected to him is found murdered, suspicion falls his way, and he must...
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Book 11:A Testament of Character
Sulari Gentill • 2020
American millionaire Daniel Cartwright dies in Boston after quietly naming Rowland Sinclair as his executor. Facing a furious family, a missing heir, and a suspicious death, Rowly and his friends are pulled into a wor...
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Book 13:Shanghai Secrets
Sulari Gentill • 2021
Shanghai, 1935: in a treaty-port city of taipans and taxi girls, Rowland Sinclair wakes to find a young woman he once danced with murdered in his hotel suite. To save himself and honour the victim, he follows clues th...
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Rowland Sinclair FAQ
What is the best order to read the Rowland Sinclair series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with A Few Right Thinking Men / A House Divided.
How many books are in the Rowland Sinclair series?
There are 12 books currently listed in the Rowland Sinclair series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Rowland Sinclair series?
New readers should start with A Few Right Thinking Men / A House Divided, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Rowland Sinclair series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2010 to 2021.