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2010
The Diggers Rest Hotel
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'In 1947, two years after witnessing the death of a young Jewish woman in Poland, Charlie Berlin has rejoined the police force a different man. Sent to investigate a spate of robberies in rural Victoria, he soon discovers that World War II has changed even the most ordinary of places and people.
'An ex-bomber pilot and former POW, Berlin is struggling to fit back in: grappling with post-traumatic stress disorder, the ghosts of his dead crew and his futile attempts to numb the pain.
'When Berlin travels to Albury-Wodonga to track down the gang behind the robberies, he suspects he's a problem cop being set up to fail. Taking a room at the Diggers Rest Hotel in Wodonga, he sets about solving a case that no one else can - with the help of feisty, ambitious journalist Rebecca Green and rookie constable Rob Roberts, the only cop in town he can trust.
'Then the decapitated body of a young girl turns up in a back alley, and Berlin's investigations lead him ever further through layers of small-town fears, secrets and despair.
'The first Charlie Berlin mystery takes us into a world of secret alliances and loyalties - and a society dealing with the effects of a war that changed men forever.' (From the publisher's website.)
'An ex-bomber pilot and former POW, Berlin is struggling to fit back in: grappling with post-traumatic stress disorder, the ghosts of his dead crew and his futile attempts to numb the pain.
'When Berlin travels to Albury-Wodonga to track down the gang behind the robberies, he suspects he's a problem cop being set up to fail. Taking a room at the Diggers Rest Hotel in Wodonga, he sets about solving a case that no one else can - with the help of feisty, ambitious journalist Rebecca Green and rookie constable Rob Roberts, the only cop in town he can trust.
'Then the decapitated body of a young girl turns up in a back alley, and Berlin's investigations lead him ever further through layers of small-town fears, secrets and despair.
'The first Charlie Berlin mystery takes us into a world of secret alliances and loyalties - and a society dealing with the effects of a war that changed men forever.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Crime Might Not Pay, but Writing Has Its Awards
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 1 September 2011; (p. 11) -
[Review] The Diggers Rest Hotel
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 July 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of The Diggers Rest Hotel 2010 single work novel
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[Review] The Diggers Rest Hotel
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 July 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of The Diggers Rest Hotel 2010 single work novel -
Crime Might Not Pay, but Writing Has Its Awards
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 1 September 2011; (p. 11)
Awards
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Settings:
- Wodonga area, North East Victoria, Victoria,
- 1947
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