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Description edit
Inspector Stephen Villani, head of homicide in Melbourne, Australia, has a full agenda: a murdered woman in a penthouse apartment, three men butchered in a sadistic rampage, a tattoofaced drug dealer corrupting his rebellious daughter, a crumbling marriage. As these seemingly unrelated events... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Stephen Villani: Head of Homicide
- Gavan Kiely: Deputy Head of Homicide
- Paul Dove: Add a description of this character.
- David Gillam: Chief Commissioner
- Colby
- Corin Villani: Daughter
- Anna Markham: News host and Villani's lover
- Birketts
- Max Hendry
- Karen Mellish: Opposition Leader
- Kelvin Yeats: Premier
- Martin Orong: Police Minister
- Matt Cameron: Villani's former boss. Now co-founder of Blackwatch Associates, Australia's largest security firm.
- Birkerts
- Bob Villani
- Laurie
- Lizzie
- Stuart Koenig
- Kidd
- Steve
- Searle
- Tomasic
- Barry
- Hanlon
- Gordie
- Weber
- Vickery
- Les
- Cashin
- Ulyatt
- Tony
- Luke
- Finucane
- Singleton
- Moxley
- Manton
- Oakleigh
- Larter
- Bricknell
- Vicky
- Rose
- Greg Quirk
- Holden
- Loneregan
Quotes edit
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“It would not come to him, it lay just beyond the breakers, in the deep water; in the dark, slippery moving kelp of the mind.”
First Sentence edit
On the Westgate Bridge, behind them a flat in Altona, a dead woman, a girl really, dirty hair, dyed red, pale roots, she was stabbed too many times to count, stomach, chest, back, face.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 2 in Broken Shore. (standard series)
Preceded by The Broken Shore.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Peter Temple (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 2008
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Publication Date: 2008
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Awards edit
- Miles Franklin Award (2010, Winner)
- Victorian Premier's Literary Award (Australia) (2010, Winner)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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