Book description
One dead cop, one small island and an impact that will last a lifetime.
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? Y. A. Erskine spent eleven years in the
Tasmania Police Service. She was active in front-line policing and
served as a detective in the CIB. She is also an historian with an
honours degree in early modern history. Y. A. Erskine lives in Melbourne
and is happily married with two dogs.
