At the close of a long day, Inspector Stephen Villani stands in the bathroom of a luxury apartment high above the city. In the glass bath, a young woman lies dead, a panic button within reach. So begins the sequel to Peter Temple's bestselling masterpiece, The Broken Shore. Villani's life is his work. It is his identity, his calling, his touchstone. But now, over a few sweltering summer days, as fires burn across the state and his superiors and colleagues scheme and jostle, he finds all the certainties of his life are crumbling. Truth is a novel about a man, a family, a city. It is about violence, murder, love, corruption, honour and deceit. And it is about truth.
About the Author
Five-time winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction, Peter Temple is Australia's most acclaimed crime and thriller writer. He is the author of four Jack Irish novels and has also written four standalone novels: An Iron Rose (1998), Shooting Star (1999), In the Evil Day (2002) and The Broken Shore (2006), winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Fiction in 2007. He lives in Ballarat, Australia, with his family.
Reviews
"The sense of place is stifling in its intensity, and seldom has a waltz of the damned proven so hypnotic." - The Guardian. "Great locations, hard-nosed dialogue and a twisting plot combine to create superb entertainment." - Evening Standard. "What makes Temple so compelling is his divine use of language. The novel is written with grace and subtlety, elegant but also violent, dark and yet suffused with sympathy for the protagonists, cast in dialogue that is both distinctive and surprising." - Daily Mail. "With crackling prose and sparkling dialogue, Temple has fashioned a fast-paced atmospheric police work of genuine class." - Mail on Sunday.
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Like the previous reviewer Poul Frandsen, I also think Peter Temple has 'lost the plot'. His Jack Irish series was excellent and I thoroughly enjoyed 'The Broken Shore', however, with 'Truth' we get something different. I can understand a writer wanting to hone and develop his craft, but there is something to be said for sticking with that which you know works. 'Truth' is an insult to its reading audience. There are characters and situations introduced with no previous background and the reader is left to wonder and if lucky, put the pieces together at a later juncture. I perservered to about P. 100 and gave up. Somehow, I don't think the remainder of the story was to improve. Graeme Blundell gave an accolade about Peter Temple, suggesting that readers should 'worship at the Temple'. To Peter Temple I say - get back to what you really do well and give us some more of Jack Irish!
This is a great read, not your run of the mill whodunit. Peter Temple has given his main character great depth, not your average one dimensional Cop story. A real page turner. Perhaps not for simple minds though.
Have read a few of Peter Temple's books, I am a little disappointed of this recent one "the truth".
I appriciate his story about the cops personal life however, it take to much away from the main story(it becomes the main story). The languish spoken between his college and himself. well! I do not hope, that is the everyday lanquish between the the people who are suppose to look after us, if that is the case I think Julia Gillard is on the right track.
All in all like a lots of other authors they lose the plot after 4 to 6 books.
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