by Peter Temple · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9781847240446
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«The Broken Shore» is the crime novel by Peter Temple, published by Quercus in paperback (352 pages, in English).
Joe Cashin, a homicide detective marked by a case that nearly cost him his life, is posted to a coastal town in southern Australia. A brutal attack on a prominent neighbor leads Cashin to investigate a murder; the clues point to three young Aboriginal men, but Cashin senses something darker than a failed robbery.
First novel in the Broken Shore series. Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger and the Ned Kelly Award, among other prizes.
For readers of crime fiction and police thrillers, with a protagonist haunted by his past and a social portrait of rural Australia.
Peter Temple was an Australian crime fiction writer, mainly known for his Jack Irish novel series. He won several awards for his writing, including the Gold Dagger in 2007, the first for an Australian. He was also an international magazine and newspaper journalist and editor.
