I've finished The Broken Shore by Peter Temple which was a great murder story set in country Australia. Detective Joe Cashin is recuperating from an earlier incident on his property and becomes involved with the brutal murder of a wealthy local identity. At first suspicion falls on members of the local aboriginal community but Cashin probes more deeply and uncovers a disturbing relationship between the murder victim and a local "holiday camp" for boys from the city. Some great characters in this story apart from Cashin - Dove, the detective who "doesn't want to be black and doesn't want to be white"; Dave Rebb the "swaggie" who helps restore Joe's home and has a mysterious past and Hopgood, the obnoxious "boong hater" in charge of the local police. 4/5
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