description: Broken by his last case, homicide detective Joe Cashin has fled the city and returned to his hometown to run its one-man police station while his wounds heal and the nightmares fade. But his peaceful existence is rudely interrupted by a brutal attack on Charles Bourgoyne, a prominent member of the local community.
title: The Broken Shore
titlecomplete: The Broken Shore
characters: Joe Cashin
genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Crime, Book Club, Audiobook, Thriller, Australia, Detective, Mystery, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 6556
places: Australia
series: Broken Shore
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Ned Kelly Award
category: Best Fiction, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Colin Roderick Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA)
category: General Fiction, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: CWA Gold Dagger
publisher: Hachette Audio