โ Scribed by McGeachin, Geoffrey
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Winner of the 2011 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel
Two years after witnessing the murder of a young Jewish woman in Poland, Charlie Berlin, ex-bomber pilot and former POW, has rejoined the police force a different man. While he is investigating a spate of robberies in rural victoria the body of a young girl is discovered and Berlin's pursuit of her killer reveals that the war has changed even the most ordinary of people and places.
'A feisty, beautifully researched thriller . . . shot through with brilliant insights and great dialogue. The best new Aussie entrant in the crime stakes since Peter Temple.' The Mercury
'A bottler of a book . . . superbly crafted. A terrific book in all respects.' Weekly Times
'Charlie Berlin [is] a wonderfully flawed human being doing his duty, falling apart and picking himself back up again.' Austcrimefiction.org
'McGeachin's reconstruction of post-war...
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