Joe Cashin was different once. He moved easily then; was surer and less thoughtful. But there are consequences when you’ve come so close to dying. For Cashin, they included a posting away from the world of Homicide to the quiet place on the coast where he grew up. Now all he has to do is play the country cop and walk the dogs. And sometimes think about how he was before. Then prominent local Charles Bourgoyne is bashed and left for dead. Everything seems to point to three boys from the nearby Aboriginal community; everyone seems to want it to. But Cashin is unconvinced. And as tragedy unfolds relentlessly into tragedy, he finds himself holding onto something that might be better let go. Peter Temple’s gift for compelling plots and evocative, compassionately drawn characters has earnt him a reputation as the grand master of Australian crime writing. The Broken Shore is Temple’s finest book yet; a novel about a place, about family, about politics and power, and the need to live decently in a world where so much is rotten. It is a work as moving as it is gripping, and one that defies the boundaries of genre.

Please note this is the LATEST EDITION of the fifth book in The Craig Crime Series. When a body is found on one of Northern Ireland's most beautiful beaches, in circumstances that mimic a murder from decades before, Belfast's Murder Squad is asked to investigate. As Craig and his team discover both cases might be linked to a reformed terrorist, their investigation leads to a prominent public figure and exposes a secret held for thirty years. THE BROKEN SHORE: THE PAST IS NEVER OVER The Books in the Craig Crime Series may be read as a series or as standalone novels. Now complete the The Craig Crime Series: A Limited Justice The Grass Tattoo The Visitor The Waiting Room The Broken Shore The Slowest Cut The Coercion Key The Careless Word The History Suite The Sixth Estate The Sect The Keeper The Talion Code The Tribes The Pact