The Diggers Rest Hotel
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| File:The Diggers Rest Hotel.jpg | |
| Author | Geoffrey McGeachin |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Charlie Berlin |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Publisher | Penguin, Australia |
Publication date | 2010 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 316 |
| ISBN | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
| Preceded by | Dead and Kicking |
| Followed by | Blackwattle Creek |
The Diggers Rest Hotel (2010) is a crime novel by Australian author Geoffrey McGeachin.[1] It is the first in the author's Charlie Berlin mystery series[2] and won the 2011 Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel.
Plot summary
[edit | edit source]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 | edit source]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".[3]
Awards and nominations
[edit | edit source]- 2011 winner Ned Kelly Award — Best Novel[4]
References
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- ^ "Review: The Diggers Rest Hotel, Geoffrey McGeachin", Fair Dinkum Crime, 14 July 2011
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
