The Broken Shore Author:Peter Temple Winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction (Australia) — Joe Cashin was different once. He moved easily then. He was surer and less thoughtful. But there are consequences when you?ve come so close to dying. For Cashin, they included a posting away from the world of Homicide to the quiet place on the coast where he grew up. Now all he has to ... more »do is play the country cop and walk the dogs. And sometimes think about how he was before.
Then prominent local Charles Bourgoyne is beaten and left for dead. Everything seems to point to three boys from the nearby Aboriginal community; everyone seems to want it to. But Cashin is unconvinced. And as tragedy unfolds relentlessly into tragedy, he finds himself holding onto something that might be better let go.« less
My first Peter Temple book, and probably my last. Liked his style for a while, but it became too hard to follow, especially with the use of Aussie slang (I presume) that isn't explained.