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| Author | Peter Temple |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
| Publisher | Text Publishing, Australia |
Publication date | 2005 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 345 pp |
| ISBN | 1-920885-77-3 |
| OCLC | 62116825 |
| Followed by | Truth |
The Broken Shore (2005) is a Duncan Lawrie Dagger award-winning novel by Australian author Peter Temple. [1]
The novel's central character is Joe Cashin, a Melbourne homicide detective. Following serious physical injuries he is posted to his hometown Port Munro, where he begins the process of rebuilding the old family mansion and his physical and mental strength. Against a background of family tragedy, politics, police corruption and racism, he investigates the death of a wealthy local man, Charles Burgoyne. His closest friend and police superior is Villani, who is the central character in Truth .
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