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The Broken Shore Peter Temple

The Broken Shore By Peter Temple

The Broken Shore by Peter Temple


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Summary

Broken by his last case, homicide detective Joe Cashin has 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. But, his recovery is rudely interrupted by a brutal attack on Charles Bourgoyne, a prominent member of the local community.

The Broken Shore Summary

The Broken Shore by Peter Temple

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 relentless story of a town with a hidden past versus a man who is trying to forget his, "The Broken Shore" delivers powerful, lean writing, pumping more muscle and feeling into one paragraph than other writers can muster in a page. A masterpiece of insight and passion, Peter Temple's UK debut announces the arrival of a talent to rival Michael Connelly and Ian Rankin.

The Broken Shore Reviews

'If you only read one crime novel this year, read The Broken Shore ... it might just be the great Australian novel, irrespective of genre' Age 'Its hard to know where to start praising this book. Plot, style setting and characters are all startlingly good... The Broken Shore is one of those watershed books that makes you rethink your ideas about reading' Sydney Morning Herald 'Temple's work is spare, deeply ironic; his wit, like the local beer, as cold as a dental anaesthetic' Australian 'It might well be the best crime novel published in this country' Weekend Australian

About Peter Temple

Four-time winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction, Peter Temple is Australia's most acclaimed crime and thriller writer. He is the author of four Jack Irish novels: Bad Debts (1996), Black Tide (1999), Dead Point (2000) and White Dog (2003). He has also written three other standalone novels: An Iron Rose (1998), Shooting Star (1999) and In the Evil Day (2002).

Additional information

GOR001408881
9781905204434
1905204434
The Broken Shore by Peter Temple
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Quercus Publishing
2006-07-06
352
Winner of CWA Duncan Lawrie Dagger 2007
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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