Dark Summer is a 1992 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary. It was the ninth book featuring Sydney homicide detective Scobie Malone, 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.[1][2][3]
Like many of Cleary's novels it features sport, in this case one day cricket.
In 1997 Peter Yeldham adapted the novel for a proposed telemovie, but this was never made.[4]
