Helga's Web

Helga's Web was a 1970 novel by Australian author Jon Cleary, the second to feature his detective hero Scobie Malone.^[1][2]

Helga's Web

First UK edition
Author	Jon Cleary
Language	English
Series	Scobie Malone series
Genre	Detective
Publisher	Collins (UK) William Morrow (US)
Publication date	1970
Publication place	Australia
Preceded by	The High Commissioner
Followed by	Ransom

Cleary did not originally intend to use the character again but wanted to write about the construction of the new Sydney Opera House and thought the detective could be a good way to access that.^[3]

Reception

The London Daily Telegraph called it "absorbing to the end."^[4]

The Sydney Morning Herald called it a "first class, exciting, immensely readable thriller."^[5]

Adaptation

The novel was adapted into a film as Scobie Malone (1975).