The Diggers Rest Hotel

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The Diggers Rest Hotel
AuthorGeoffrey McGeachin
LanguageEnglish
SeriesCharlie Berlin
GenreCrime novel
PublisherPenguin, Australia
Publication date
2010
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages316
ISBN9780670072736
Preceded byDead and Kicking 
Followed byBlackwattle 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

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

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

References

  1. ^ "Review: The Diggers Rest Hotel, Geoffrey McGeachin", Fair Dinkum Crime, 14 July 2011


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