The Broken Shore

Peter Temple
2005, 1921145358

Crime thriller novel set around Melbourne/Victoria. Detective Joe Cashin uncovers various crimes, all linking back to historical child abuse crimes.
Great, sparse writing, evocative and linking in to human feelings, vulnerabilities, regeneration and Australian landscape.
"Broken by his last case, homicide detective Joe Cashin has fled the city and returned to his hometown to run its one-man police station while his wounds heal and the nightmares fade. He lives a quiet life with his two dogs in the tumbledown wreck his family home has become. It's a peaceful existence - ideal for the rehabilitating man. But his recovery is rudely interrupted by a brutal attack on Charles Bourgoyne, a prominent member of the local community. Suspicion falls on three young men from the local Aboriginal community. But Cashin's not so sure and as the case unfolds amid simmering corruption and prejudice, he finds himself holding on to something that it might be better to let go."
Very enjoyable, shame Peter Temple has now passed away.