Peter Temple
Wahrheit
gelesen von Philipp Schepmann
Es ist die Zeit der großen Waldbrände in Australien. Die Feuerwalze versetzt ganz Melbourne in einen Ausnahmezustand. Es scheint keine Gewissheit mehr zu geben - auch nicht für Stephen Villani, dessen Existenz zu zerfallen droht. Die Trostlosigkeit seines Polizeialltags und die Unlösbarkeit familiärer Konflikte zermürben ihn. Ein eindringliches Hörbuch über einen Mann, eine Familie, eine Stadt und ein fernes Land. Es geht um Gewalt, Mord, Liebe, Korruption, Ehre und Betrug. Und um Wahrheit.
Inspector Stephen Villani, head of homicide in Melbourne, Australia, has a full agenda: a murdered woman in a penthouse apartment, three men butchered in a sadistic rampage, a tattoo-faced drug dealer corrupting his rebellious daughter, and a crumbling marriage. As these seemingly unrelated events begin to unfold, Villani finds himself immersed in an unfamiliar world of political scandal and ethical ambiguity. He must navigate the inept bureaucracy that is the police department, all while maintaining a solid front and trying to keep the press, his family, and his own past from breaking him completely. With each twist and every turn of this taut crime novel, Villani is forced to question whom he can trust.
"Truth is a fascinating crime puzzle....It conveys an authentic feel of violence, pain, and corruption, but also displays wit, remarkable insights, and even moments of beauty."-Thomas Perry, Edgar Award-winning author of Runner
Broken by his last case, homicide detective Joe Cashin has fled the city and returned to his hometown to run its one-man police station while his wounds heal and the nightmares fade. He lives a quiet life with his two dogs in the tumbledown wreck his family home has become. It's a peaceful existence - ideal for the rehabilitating man. But his recovery is rudely interrupted by a brutal attack on Charles Bourgoyne, a prominent member of the local community. Suspicion falls on three young men from the local Aboriginal community. But Cashin's not so sure, and as the case unfolds amid simmering corruption and prejudice, he finds himself holding on to something that it might be better to let go...
Big-city detective Joe Cashin, posted to a quiet Australian coastal town after a scrape with death, is thrust into a murder investigation in which the evidence points to three boys from the nearby aboriginal community. Unconvinced, Cashin suspects something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong.
