The Broken Shore (Audiobook)

from arubabookwoman

This is categorized as a crime novel, but it is so much more. It is set in a small seaside town outside of Melbourne, and the ostensible story is about the investigation of the murder of its wealthiest inhabitant. In prose that is precise, crisp, and beautiful Temple develops his complex characte...

from AnnieMod

Meet Joe Cashin - ex-homicide cop, now chief of the 4-members police station of Port Monro, Victoria. He had been injured as part of his previous career so now he is taking care of his dogs and the house that his grandfather once built - and almost destroyed. Until a very wealthy man dies and eve...

from Ruby_Barnes

A great read, all potential immigrants should know it's not all Bondi Beach in Oz. Temple's style is quite different to European authors, particularly his dialogue which lacks pronouns. It takes a bit of getting used to but Kate in CH says that's how they talk in small town Oz. The plot is intere...

from kerns222

Temple aims higher than a page turner, but page turner it is. An Australian equivalent of the USA's grit noir. Has all the basic detective stuff: broken detective, political department pressures, racist low-lifers, poor devils, rich devils, developers taking over the place, pedophiles, and crazed...

from zmagic69

Wow great story but a tough book to get through. Many other reviews have said what I would about this book. 1. Considering Australians not only have slang for everything, use strange terms (for an American reader), and love to shorten words just for the sake of shortening them (servo= service sta...