The Diggers Rest Hotel
Author | Geoffrey McGeachin |
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Language | English |
Series | Charlie Berlin |
Genre | Crime novel |
Publisher | Penguin, Australia |
Publication date | 2010 |
Publication place | Australia |
Media type | Print (Paperback) |
Pages | 316 |
ISBN | 9780670072736 |
Preceded by | Dead and Kicking |
Followed by | Blackwattle Creek |
The Diggers Rest Hotel (2010) is a crime novel by Australian author Geoffrey McGeachin. It is the first in the author's Charlie Berlin mystery series and won the 2011 Ned Kelly Award.
Plot summary
[edit]Charlie Berlin, a bomber pilot during World War II, rejoins the Melbourne police force after the war and in 1947 he is sent to Albury-Wodonga to investigate a series of violent robberies.
Reviews
[edit]Fair Dinkum Crime found the novel to build to be a winner and that the author "has taken care with the historical detail and it gives the novel a great feeling of authenticity".[1]
Awards and nominations
[edit]- 2011 winner Ned Kelly Award — Best Novel
References
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