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'When Sergeant John White, mentor, saviour and all-round good guy, is murdered during a routine call-out, the tight-knit world of Tasmania Police is rocked to the core.
An already difficult investigation into the death of one of their own becomes steeped in political complexities when the main suspect is identified as Aboriginal and the case, courtesy of the ever-hostile local media, looks set to make Palm Island resemble a Sunday afternoon picnic in comparison.
And as the investigation unfolds through the eyes of the sergeant's colleagues, friends, family, enemies and the suspect himself, it becomes clear that there was a great deal more to John White - and the squeaky-clean reputation of the nation's smallest state police service - than ever met the eye.
The Brotherhood is a novel about violence, preconceptions, loyalties, corruption, betrayal and the question a copper should never need to ask: just who can you trust?' (Publisher's blurb)
An already difficult investigation into the death of one of their own becomes steeped in political complexities when the main suspect is identified as Aboriginal and the case, courtesy of the ever-hostile local media, looks set to make Palm Island resemble a Sunday afternoon picnic in comparison.
And as the investigation unfolds through the eyes of the sergeant's colleagues, friends, family, enemies and the suspect himself, it becomes clear that there was a great deal more to John White - and the squeaky-clean reputation of the nation's smallest state police service - than ever met the eye.
The Brotherhood is a novel about violence, preconceptions, loyalties, corruption, betrayal and the question a copper should never need to ask: just who can you trust?' (Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Dedication: For Sam
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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Venomous Characters on Hobart's Mean Streets
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 23 October 2011; (p. 7)
— Review of The Brotherhood 2011 single work novel -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 1 October 2011; (p. 27)
— Review of The Brotherhood 2011 single work novel -
Homegrown Trio out in Force
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 August 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of The Brotherhood 2011 single work novel ; Rip Off 2011 single work novel ; Whispering Death 2011 single work novel -
Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 6 August 2011; (p. 28)
— Review of The Brotherhood 2011 single work novel ; Ludo 2011 single work novel
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Fiction
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 6 August 2011; (p. 28)
— Review of The Brotherhood 2011 single work novel ; Ludo 2011 single work novel -
Homegrown Trio out in Force
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 August 2011; (p. 24)
— Review of The Brotherhood 2011 single work novel ; Rip Off 2011 single work novel ; Whispering Death 2011 single work novel -
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 1 October 2011; (p. 27)
— Review of The Brotherhood 2011 single work novel -
Venomous Characters on Hobart's Mean Streets
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 23 October 2011; (p. 7)
— Review of The Brotherhood 2011 single work novel
Awards
- 2012 joint winner Davitt Award — Readers' Choice Award Joint winner with Jaye Ford's Beyond Fear.
- 2012 shortlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
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- Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,
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