The Diggers Rest Hotel
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| 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
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