''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
The Ned Kelly Awards (named for bushranger Ned Kelly) are Australia's leading literary awards for crime writing in both the crime fiction and true crime genres. They were established in 1996 by the Crime Writers Association of Australia to rewar ...
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Plot summary
Charlie Berlin, a bomber pilot during WW 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".
"Review: The Diggers Rest Hotel, Geoffrey McGeachin", ''Fair Dinkum Crime'', 14 July 2011
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Awards and nominations
* 2011 winner Ned Kelly Award
The Ned Kelly Awards (named for bushranger Ned Kelly) are Australia's leading literary awards for crime writing in both the crime fiction and true crime genres. They were established in 1996 by the Crime Writers Association of Australia to rewar ...
— Best Novel
References
2010 Australian novels
Australian crime novels
Ned Kelly Award-winning works
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