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 for Best Novel.
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"."Review: The Diggers Rest Hotel, Geoffrey McGeachin", Fair Dinkum Crime, 14 July 2011
Awards and nominations
2011 winner Ned Kelly Award — Best Novel
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