7.6 /10 1 Votes
Language English Publisher Penguin, Australia Media type Print (Paperback) Originally published 2010 Page count 316 Country Australia | 3.8/5 Goodreads Series Charlie Berlin Publication date 2010 Pages 316 ISBN 9780670072736 Genres Novel, Crime Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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Plot summary
Charlie Berlin, a bomber pilot during WW 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
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".
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References
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