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The Broken Shore

By: Peter Temple
Narrated by: Peter Hosking
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Joe Cashin was different once. He moved easily then; was surer and less thoughtful. But there are consequences when you’ve come so close to dying. For Cashin, they included a posting away from the world of Homicide to the quiet place on the coast where he grew up. Now all he has to do is play the country cop and walk the dogs. And sometimes think about how he was before.

Then prominent local Charles Bourgoyne is bashed and left for dead. Everything seems to point to three boys from the nearby Aboriginal community; everyone seems to want it to. But Cashin is unconvinced. And as tragedy unfolds relentlessly into tragedy, he finds himself holding onto something that might be better let go....

©2005 Peter Temple (P)2010 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Mystery Thriller & Suspense Fiction Exciting Suspense
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Excellent Australian crime fiction with amazing narration. Sadly the sequel had a different narrator which is a major let down as I loved Peter Hoskings performance

amazing narration

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i found it to discriptive in places, but good story line, true assie style. good characters, enjoyable

interesting

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Struggled to finish this book I found the narrator extremely hard to listen to.and keep interested. Although I did enjoy the story.

Narration

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So nice to listen to a book and know the areas being talked about. A great story too. worth a listen.

Great Australian novel

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The most well-written engaging book of any genre I've read in many years. I recommend to anyone not just as a crime novel but a great story.

Fabulous book

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Glorious writing from Temple, so beautifully read by Peter Hosking. This is crime fiction of the highest quality - no wonder Temple won the Miles Franklin for his follow up to this book, Truth. A great Australian writer, sorely missed!

Utterly brilliant

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Wow absolutely brilliant. The best drama read (listened to) in a long time. A very good plot, so well written and with clever underlying humour. The many characters brought to life by Peter Hosking brilliantly.

Riveting

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Very easy listening
Kept my interest
Good story line
Sad the story just ended when you thought there was more to come

Really enjoyed story

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I really enjoyed this book and found it difficult to stop listening. The characters were very vivid which is a credit to the writer and the narrator. I’ll be looking for other novels by this author.
For those listeners that like a lighter novel this will not be for you, because there is a lot of swearing and the story involves a very dark subject.

Great audiobook

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Loved everything about this book. It is Intuitively written. Great audio the whole way through.

Excellent read

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