The Broken Shore

Author: Peter Temple

Title: The Broken Shore

Binding: Audio CD

Release Date: 2007-06-05

Details: Review

"A towering achievement....Indispensable." --Guardian

Product Description

Winner of the Ned Kelly Award, Australia's major prize for crime fiction
The Broken Shore revolves around big-city detective Joe Cashin. Shaken by a scrape with death, he is posted away from the homicide squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and not 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 and left for dead in his own home, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby aboriginal community, whom everyone seems to want to blame. Cashin is unconvinced and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong.

From Publishers Weekly

What do you do if you want to turn the latest book by a writer who's won five Ned Kelly Awards (Australia's equivalent to the Edgar Awards) into an equally impressive audio version? Blackstone had the perfect solution: get a reader like Hosking, who can do all the voices, from big city cop Joe Cashin, young and old aborigine men and women and truly frightening racist cops who will do anything to bury their deadly secrets. Hosking's characters are instantly and subtly rendered, springing to life quickly in listeners' minds. And his reading of Temple's descriptions of the Australian countryside, ranging from lush to rough, is a virtual audio trip to the source. This talented team catches the excitement and the beauty of a unique land. A simultaneous release with the FSG hardcover (Reviews, Apr. 2).
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About the Author

Peter Temple is the author of eight crime novels, five of which have won the Ned Kelly Award for crime fiction. He has worked as a journalist and editor for newspapers and magazines in several countries. He lives in Victoria, Australia.

Peter Hosking is an actor and voice over artist, currently based in Prague, Czech Republic.

From AudioFile

Journalist Peter Temples novels have won five of Australias prestigious Ned Kelly Awards for crime fiction. THE BROKEN SHORE makes it easy to see why. Melbourne Homicide Detective Joe Cashin is recovering in his hometown, Port Monro, where it soon becomes apparent that big cities arent the only places big crimes occur. Peter Hosking handles the rough-and-tumble characters as easily as the more subtle ones. Child pornography, racism, sexual abuse, political intricacies, and Cashins personal problems all contribute to Temples sophisticated plot and allow Hoskings performance to bring a host of truthful characters to light. There can be little doubt that this is an Australian original--earthy, raw, and savage, yet as breathtaking and surprising as the country itself. S.J.H. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine

EAN: 9781433201905

Package Dimensions: Height: 5.85 Inches, Length: 5.25 Inches, Weight: 0.51 Pounds, Width: 1 Inches

Languages: en