Complex sentence: It was the eighth book featuring Sydney homicide detective Scobie Malone, who is called in to investigate the murder of a Japanese industrialist in the small country town of Collamundra, where his family are holidaying with friends.
Split into simpler sentences: It was the eighth book featuring Sydney homicide detective Scobie Malone. Malone is called in to investigate the murder of a Japanese industrialist in the small country town of Collamundra, where his family are holidaying with friends.