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Title: The Broken Shore

Author: Peter Temple

Narrator: Rupert Degas

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-03-07

Publisher: Hachette Audio UK

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

This is the relentless story of a town with a hidden past. Cashin, who is trying to forget his own recent traumas, must uncover the grim secrets that lie forgotten in the town's history.

Critic Reviews:

"A towering achievement that brings alive a ferocious landscape and a motley assortment of clashing characters...Indispensable." (Guardian)

Members Reviews:

The Broken Shore

A compelling and interesting police procedural set in Port Munro and Cromarty--two small towns near Melbourne, Australia. The characters are three dimensional--though much of their pasts are alluded to rather than specifically detailed. This can be confusing sometimes. Also, the Australian dialect is occasionally incomprehensible despite the helpful glossary. Generally the meaning can be parsed from context, though. A very good book.

The Broken Shore, a high class thriller

I have read this book several times and still enjoy the story and the writing. In recounting the story of an injured homicide detective, who has been sidelined to a small (in every sense) country town in Victoria, and is confronted with a violent death that takes on increasing significant as the story develops, the story line is interesting and takes an unexpected twist that leads to the eventual denouement. The bare story is written in the vernacular and embellished with details of the protagonist's life and history, and topical themes including racial prejudice, small town culture and pedophilia, but the quality off the writing is such that these themes are relevant to the story and do not intrude into the underlying story. In my view this book is as good as Truth, a later novel by Peter Temple, which won the Miles Franklin Award in 2010. This book, like others by Peter Temple, is very Australian in context, but the spare writing and dominance of the story over the context, which is not self-conciously exaggerated, should make this book appeal universally to readers of crime fiction.

Corruption in Melbourne - and a dogged sleuth

I'd never read this author, but I'm so glad I did. A very Australian book, with lots of slang (and a glossary) and a real sense of place. The policeman hero is recovering from an injury sustained in the line of duty, and this made me think that there was a previous novel that explained it. But in fact, this seems to be Temple's way of giving the reader the backstory. He does this often - stops in the middle of a scene to allow the character to remember something about his/her past. It seems to work, and perhaps even helps, since without this the pace might be too fast. There are many twists and turns in the plot - corruption in high places is the Joe Cashin's target, and he handles it with insight and cynicism, while retaining his humanity.I immediately ordered the sequel.

Caveat - if you don't like liberal use of four-letter words, you will probably feel uncomfortable with this book.

Great Australian author.

Had to do a double take of all the "Aussie-isms" but enjoyed it all, better "literature" than most thrillers.

Ripper of a yarn

I loved the humour in this book. Dry, understated, and laugh-out-loud funny. It has that reserved country Australia larrikin tone... with all the warmth of humanity shining through. Great plot. Page-turner. Beautifully descriptive, without being laborious or pretentious. Highly recommend to readers and would-be authors. I love the overall message... try 99 times...