The Broken Shore

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Author:

Temple, Peter

ISBN:

978-1-4332-8408-3

Publication Date:

Jan 2007

Publisher:

Blackstone Audio, Incorporated

Book Format:

Downloadable audio file

List Price:

USD $34.95

Book Description:

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.

Book Details

Detailed Subjects:

Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
Fiction / Crime
Fiction / Indigenous / General

Author Biography

Temple, Peter (Author)

Peter Temple was born in South Africa in 1946. In 1979, he moved to Australia to work as education editor at the Sydney Morning Herald. He taught at Charles Sturt University and later at RMIT. In 1982, he edited the magazine Australian Society. He became a full-time writer in the 1990s.

He wrote nine novels including the Jack Irish series, which was adapted into a television show. He won the Gold Dagger in 2007 for The Broken Shore, the Miles Franklin award in 2010 for Truth, and five Ned Kelly awards. He died from cancer on March 8, 2018 at the age of 71.

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