Winner of the 2007 Duncan Lawrie Dagger.
A dark, atmospheric, gripping story, highly recommended. It moves slowly, as does its brilliantly portrayed detective, Joe Cashin, but gives a complete feeling for the Australian way of life far from the big towns. It is terrific. What is interesting is that the author is unknown over here. He is a five-times winner of Australia’s most prestigious crime fiction award, the Ned Kelly Award, has written seven novels and yet has only just arrived on our shores. If you like this try his next, Bad Debts.
Similar this month: Donna Leon.
Comparison: Barbara Nadel, Claire McNab, Peter Robinson.
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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.
The Broken Shore features in the following genres: Thriller and Suspense, Crime and Mystery, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
The Broken Shore is available in Paperback, Audiobook On Cd, Hardback
The Broken Shore was written by Peter Temple and published by Quercus Publishing Plc
The Broken Shore has 414 pages
£11.69
