false 1134743 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397m/1134743.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397s/1134743.jpg The Broken Shore, his eighth novel, revolves around big-city detective Joe Cashin. Shaken by a scrape with death, he's posted away from the Homicide Squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and more than a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. But when a prominent local is attacked in his own home and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby aboriginal community - everyone seems to want to blame them. Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong.
Winner of the Colin Roderick Award for Australian writing as well as Australia's major prize for crime fiction, the Ned Kelly Award, The Broken Shore is a transfixing and moving novel about a place, a family, politics and power, and the need to live decently in a world where so much is rotten.]]> 1134743 18 1121977 2005 The Broken Shore: A Novel total:241|5:41|4:92|3:69|2:28|1:11| 241 847 471 92 174528 3.55 419 118 4493364 250195 1134743 0374116938 9780374116934 76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397m/1134743.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397s/1134743.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1134743.The_Broken_Shore_A_Novel 3.50 205 The Broken Shore, his eighth novel, revolves around big-city detective Joe Cashin. Shaken by a scrape with death, he's posted away from the Homicide Squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and more than a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. But when a prominent local is attacked in his own home and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby aboriginal community - everyone seems to want to blame them. Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong.
Winner of the Colin Roderick Award for Australian writing as well as Australia's major prize for crime fiction, the Ned Kelly Award, The Broken Shore is a transfixing and moving novel about a place, a family, politics and power, and the need to live decently in a world where so much is rotten.]]> 2005 1 3 false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Aug 13 15:12:18 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 05:02:14 -0800 2009 Temple, Peter – Standalone
Quercus, 2006- UK Hardcover
*** Detective Joe Cushin is recovering from his injuries at his hometown in South Eastern Australia. He is there to run a one-man police station and is rebuilding the...more...]]> 9684324 276988 1134743 0374116938 9780374116934 76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397m/1134743.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397s/1134743.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1134743.The_Broken_Shore_A_Novel 3.51 241 The Broken Shore, his eighth novel, revolves around big-city detective Joe Cashin. Shaken by a scrape with death, he's posted away from the Homicide Squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and more than a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. But when a prominent local is attacked in his own home and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby aboriginal community - everyone seems to want to blame them. Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong.
Winner of the Colin Roderick Award for Australian writing as well as Australia's major prize for crime fiction, the Ned Kelly Award, The Broken Shore is a transfixing and moving novel about a place, a family, politics and power, and the need to live decently in a world where so much is rotten.]]> 2005 1 2 false Wed Nov 28 17:34:23 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 16:30:35 -0800 2007 more...]]> 71975410 1919825 1134743 0374116938 9780374116934 76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397m/1134743.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397s/1134743.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1134743.The_Broken_Shore_A_Novel 3.51 241 The Broken Shore, his eighth novel, revolves around big-city detective Joe Cashin. Shaken by a scrape with death, he's posted away from the Homicide Squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and more than a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. But when a prominent local is attacked in his own home and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby aboriginal community - everyone seems to want to blame them. Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong.
Winner of the Colin Roderick Award for Australian writing as well as Australia's major prize for crime fiction, the Ned Kelly Award, The Broken Shore is a transfixing and moving novel about a place, a family, politics and power, and the need to live decently in a world where so much is rotten.]]> 2005 2 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 06:28:35 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 06:29:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 78607601 997206 1134743 0374116938 9780374116934 76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397m/1134743.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397s/1134743.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1134743.The_Broken_Shore_A_Novel 3.51 241 The Broken Shore, his eighth novel, revolves around big-city detective Joe Cashin. Shaken by a scrape with death, he's posted away from the Homicide Squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and more than a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. But when a prominent local is attacked in his own home and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby aboriginal community - everyone seems to want to blame them. Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong.
Winner of the Colin Roderick Award for Australian writing as well as Australia's major prize for crime fiction, the Ned Kelly Award, The Broken Shore is a transfixing and moving novel about a place, a family, politics and power, and the need to live decently in a world where so much is rotten.]]> 2005 2 0 false Thu Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 00:20:59 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 26 14:05:06 -0800 2009 The Broken Shore is notably bland, like a "gritty" episode of Blue Heelers. The local press make a lot of fuss about Temple "transcending the genre"; in fact what he does is garnish his tepid crime story with elements of equally tepid mainstream "literary fiction". Temp...more...]]> 7970082 204231 1933965 1847240445 9781847240446 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190549347m/1933965.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190549347s/1933965.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1933965.The_Broken_Shore 3.89 9 The Broken Shore, his eighth novel, revolves around big-city detective Joe Cashin. Shaken by a scrape with death, he's posted away from the Homicide Squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and more than a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. But when a prominent local is attacked in his own home and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby aboriginal community - everyone seems to want to blame them. Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong.
Winner of the Colin Roderick Award for Australian writing as well as Australia's major prize for crime fiction, the Ned Kelly Award, The Broken Shore is a transfixing and moving novel about a place, a family, politics and power, and the need to live decently in a world where so much is rotten.]]> 2005 0 1 false Sat Oct 20 01:58:26 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 20 13:58:49 -0700 2007
There are some hidden gems in this land that really des...more...]]> 42106213 1873696 1134743 0374116938 9780374116934 76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397m/1134743.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397s/1134743.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1134743.The_Broken_Shore_A_Novel 3.51 241 The Broken Shore, his eighth novel, revolves around big-city detective Joe Cashin. Shaken by a scrape with death, he's posted away from the Homicide Squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and more than a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. But when a prominent local is attacked in his own home and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby aboriginal community - everyone seems to want to blame them. Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong.
Winner of the Colin Roderick Award for Australian writing as well as Australia's major prize for crime fiction, the Ned Kelly Award, The Broken Shore is a transfixing and moving novel about a place, a family, politics and power, and the need to live decently in a world where so much is rotten.]]> 2005 2 0 false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 10:49:03 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 23:03:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 58651314 1866067 1933965 1847240445 9781847240446 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190549347m/1933965.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190549347s/1933965.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1933965.The_Broken_Shore 3.51 241 The Broken Shore, his eighth novel, revolves around big-city detective Joe Cashin. Shaken by a scrape with death, he's posted away from the Homicide Squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and more than a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. But when a prominent local is attacked in his own home and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby aboriginal community - everyone seems to want to blame them. Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong.
Winner of the Colin Roderick Award for Australian writing as well as Australia's major prize for crime fiction, the Ned Kelly Award, The Broken Shore is a transfixing and moving novel about a place, a family, politics and power, and the need to live decently in a world where so much is rotten.]]> 2005 4 1 false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 10:03:57 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 15:48:37 -0700 2009 First my next door neighbour lent me this book as the two of us get really pathetically gushy about this author as he lives close by. For example. She's been in his house (when it was open for inspection before he bought it) and my cat used to go there for breakfa...more...]]> 14808135 707801 1134743 0374116938 9780374116934 76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397m/1134743.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397s/1134743.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1134743.The_Broken_Shore_A_Novel 3.51 241 The Broken Shore, his eighth novel, revolves around big-city detective Joe Cashin. Shaken by a scrape with death, he's posted away from the Homicide Squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and more than a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. But when a prominent local is attacked in his own home and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby aboriginal community - everyone seems to want to blame them. Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong.
Winner of the Colin Roderick Award for Australian writing as well as Australia's major prize for crime fiction, the Ned Kelly Award, The Broken Shore is a transfixing and moving novel about a place, a family, politics and power, and the need to live decently in a world where so much is rotten.]]> 2005 1 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 07:09:41 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 07:16:18 -0800 2008 40919642 975396 6041159 9788702062564 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230286686m/6041159.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230286686s/6041159.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6041159.Den_knuste_kyst 2.00 1
Sagen er tilsyneladende enkel: Beviserne peger i retningen af utilpassede knægte fra den lokale underklasse, aboriginerne. Men efter en mislykket anholdelsesaktion begynder sagen at stinke af racisme og korruption, og Cashin beslutter sig for selv at gribe til handling. Det bliver en rejse ned i de sorteste sider af australsk racepolitik, finansspekulation og menneskelig afstumpethed.]]> 2005 2 0 false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 26 02:16:31 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 03:10:02 -0800 2009 1 Det bliver aldrig min yndlingsbog, men jeg blev alligevel nysgerrig efter at vide mere om hovedpersonen J...more...]]> 45463832 1008236 1134743 0374116938 9780374116934 76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397m/1134743.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397s/1134743.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1134743.The_Broken_Shore_A_Novel 3.51 241 The Broken Shore, his eighth novel, revolves around big-city detective Joe Cashin. Shaken by a scrape with death, he's posted away from the Homicide Squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and more than a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. But when a prominent local is attacked in his own home and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby aboriginal community - everyone seems to want to blame them. Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong.
Winner of the Colin Roderick Award for Australian writing as well as Australia's major prize for crime fiction, the Ned Kelly Award, The Broken Shore is a transfixing and moving novel about a place, a family, politics and power, and the need to live decently in a world where so much is rotten.]]> 2005 0 0 false Thu Feb 05 10:01:26 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 10:01:26 -0800 2009 Peter Temple, the author of eight previous mystery novels and a five-time winner of the Ned Kelly Award, Australia's most prestigious prize for crime fiction, is a literary sensation in the Southern Hemisphere. The Broken Shore lives up to expectations with its vivid characters, meticulously plotted...

more...]]> 40993599 1101498 1134743 0374116938 9780374116934 76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397m/1134743.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397s/1134743.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1134743.The_Broken_Shore_A_Novel 3.51 241 The Broken Shore, his eighth novel, revolves around big-city detective Joe Cashin. Shaken by a scrape with death, he's posted away from the Homicide Squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and more than a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. But when a prominent local is attacked in his own home and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby aboriginal community - everyone seems to want to blame them. Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong.
Winner of the Colin Roderick Award for Australian writing as well as Australia's major prize for crime fiction, the Ned Kelly Award, The Broken Shore is a transfixing and moving novel about a place, a family, politics and power, and the need to live decently in a world where so much is rotten.]]> 2005 0 0 false Sat Dec 27 03:06:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 03:06:27 -0800 2008
When I was in Australia a few years ago, a fellow librarian and good friend recommended Peter Temple's The Broken Shore to me. So I got a copy, read it there and was just blown away by how good it was. At th...more...]]> 39173064 385872 1134743 0374116938 9780374116934 76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397m/1134743.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397s/1134743.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1134743.The_Broken_Shore_A_Novel 3.51 241 The Broken Shore, his eighth novel, revolves around big-city detective Joe Cashin. Shaken by a scrape with death, he's posted away from the Homicide Squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and more than a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. But when a prominent local is attacked in his own home and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby aboriginal community - everyone seems to want to blame them. Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong.
Winner of the Colin Roderick Award for Australian writing as well as Australia's major prize for crime fiction, the Ned Kelly Award, The Broken Shore is a transfixing and moving novel about a place, a family, politics and power, and the need to live decently in a world where so much is rotten.]]> 2005 3 0 false Fri Dec 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 22:45:49 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 18:36:08 -0800 2008
The main character was fleshed out, altho' I must agree wi...more...]]> 60724523 2124637 1134743 0374116938 9780374116934 76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397m/1134743.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397s/1134743.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1134743.The_Broken_Shore_A_Novel 3.51 241 The Broken Shore, his eighth novel, revolves around big-city detective Joe Cashin. Shaken by a scrape with death, he's posted away from the Homicide Squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and more than a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. But when a prominent local is attacked in his own home and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby aboriginal community - everyone seems to want to blame them. Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong.
Winner of the Colin Roderick Award for Australian writing as well as Australia's major prize for crime fiction, the Ned Kelly Award, The Broken Shore is a transfixing and moving novel about a place, a family, politics and power, and the need to live decently in a world where so much is rotten.]]> 2005 4 0 false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 20:13:05 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 15:13:32 -0700 2009 once more...]]> 69472709 2613975 4052228 1433201909 9781433201905 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4052228.The_Broken_Shore 3.67 3 The Broken Shore, his eighth novel, revolves around big-city detective Joe Cashin. Shaken by a scrape with death, he's posted away from the Homicide Squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and more than a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. But when a prominent local is attacked in his own home and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby aboriginal community - everyone seems to want to blame them. Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong.
Winner of the Colin Roderick Award for Australian writing as well as Australia's major prize for crime fiction, the Ned Kelly Award, The Broken Shore is a transfixing and moving novel about a place, a family, politics and power, and the need to live decently in a world where so much is rotten.]]> 2005 3 0 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 30 14:35:52 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 14:35:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 43073502 1291703 1134743 0374116938 9780374116934 76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397m/1134743.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397s/1134743.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1134743.The_Broken_Shore_A_Novel 3.51 241 The Broken Shore, his eighth novel, revolves around big-city detective Joe Cashin. Shaken by a scrape with death, he's posted away from the Homicide Squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and more than a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. But when a prominent local is attacked in his own home and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby aboriginal community - everyone seems to want to blame them. Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong.
Winner of the Colin Roderick Award for Australian writing as well as Australia's major prize for crime fiction, the Ned Kelly Award, The Broken Shore is a transfixing and moving novel about a place, a family, politics and power, and the need to live decently in a world where so much is rotten.]]> 2005 0 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 14 18:26:17 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 18:27:03 -0800 2009 The only problem with this book is that the narrator was so authentic, at least to my ears, that I often had trouble understanding his Australian accent. I’m go...more...]]> 23021702 630056 2603532 1905204442 9781905204441 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2603532.The_Broken_Shore_A_Novel 4.00 4 The Broken Shore, his eighth novel, revolves around big-city detective Joe Cashin. Shaken by a scrape with death, he's posted away from the Homicide Squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and more than a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. But when a prominent local is attacked in his own home and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby aboriginal community - everyone seems to want to blame them. Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong.
Winner of the Colin Roderick Award for Australian writing as well as Australia's major prize for crime fiction, the Ned Kelly Award, The Broken Shore is a transfixing and moving novel about a place, a family, politics and power, and the need to live decently in a world where so much is rotten.]]> 2005 5 0 false Mon Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 20:49:17 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 20:27:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 14698010 721502 1134743 0374116938 9780374116934 76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397m/1134743.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397s/1134743.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1134743.The_Broken_Shore_A_Novel 3.51 241 The Broken Shore, his eighth novel, revolves around big-city detective Joe Cashin. Shaken by a scrape with death, he's posted away from the Homicide Squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and more than a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. But when a prominent local is attacked in his own home and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby aboriginal community - everyone seems to want to blame them. Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong.
Winner of the Colin Roderick Award for Australian writing as well as Australia's major prize for crime fiction, the Ned Kelly Award, The Broken Shore is a transfixing and moving novel about a place, a family, politics and power, and the need to live decently in a world where so much is rotten.]]> 2005 3 0 false Wed Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 23:00:45 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 23:20:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 7894570 558268 1134743 0374116938 9780374116934 76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397m/1134743.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397s/1134743.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1134743.The_Broken_Shore_A_Novel 3.51 241 The Broken Shore, his eighth novel, revolves around big-city detective Joe Cashin. Shaken by a scrape with death, he's posted away from the Homicide Squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and more than a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. But when a prominent local is attacked in his own home and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby aboriginal community - everyone seems to want to blame them. Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong.
Winner of the Colin Roderick Award for Australian writing as well as Australia's major prize for crime fiction, the Ned Kelly Award, The Broken Shore is a transfixing and moving novel about a place, a family, politics and power, and the need to live decently in a world where so much is rotten.]]> 2005 4 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 12:03:37 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 26 15:51:37 -0700 2007
Joe Ca...more...]]> 80667085 1298544 1134743 0374116938 9780374116934 76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397m/1134743.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397s/1134743.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1134743.The_Broken_Shore_A_Novel 3.51 241 The Broken Shore, his eighth novel, revolves around big-city detective Joe Cashin. Shaken by a scrape with death, he's posted away from the Homicide Squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and more than a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. But when a prominent local is attacked in his own home and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby aboriginal community - everyone seems to want to blame them. Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong.
Winner of the Colin Roderick Award for Australian writing as well as Australia's major prize for crime fiction, the Ned Kelly Award, The Broken Shore is a transfixing and moving novel about a place, a family, politics and power, and the need to live decently in a world where so much is rotten.]]> 2005 5 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Dec 11 10:28:42 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 11 10:29:11 -0800 2009 SETTING: Port Monro, Australia
SERIES: #6?
RATING: 4.75
WHY: A reread for review, and as good the second time as the first. Joe Cashin is a decent, honorable man, a bit implacable, and thoroughly Australian. I really enjoyed his interactions with ...more...]]> 8250566 68514 1134743 0374116938 9780374116934 76 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397m/1134743.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181267397s/1134743.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1134743.The_Broken_Shore_A_Novel 3.51 241 The Broken Shore, his eighth novel, revolves around big-city detective Joe Cashin. Shaken by a scrape with death, he's posted away from the Homicide Squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and more than a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. But when a prominent local is attacked in his own home and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby aboriginal community - everyone seems to want to blame them. Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong.
Winner of the Colin Roderick Award for Australian writing as well as Australia's major prize for crime fiction, the Ned Kelly Award, The Broken Shore is a transfixing and moving novel about a place, a family, politics and power, and the need to live decently in a world where so much is rotten.]]> 2005 2 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 17:14:51 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 21:54:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1134743