| The Easy Sin | |
| Author: | Jon Cleary |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Scobie Malone |
| Genre: | Detective |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Release Date: | 2002 |
| Preceded By: | Yesterday's Shadow |
| Followed By: | Degrees of Connection |
The Easy Sin is a 2002 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary.[1] It was the nineteenth (and penultimate) book featuring Sydney detective Scobie Malone.[2] The plot concerns the murder of a housemaid to a dot com millionaire. Kidnappers thought they have grabbed the millionaire's girlfriend, not realising they've taken the millionaire instead. Matters are complicated by the involvement of the Yakuza.[3] [4]