This renowned Australian author’s introduction into this country was The Broken Shore, a powerful novel of injustice. This is very different. It is the beginning of a series featuring a great character, Jack Irish, an ex-lawyer turned part-time cabinet maker, horse racing fanatic and busy investigator, i.e. a complex fellow.
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About Bad Debts
Melbourne in winter. Rain. Wind. Pubs. Beer. Sex. Corruption. Murder.
Melbourne in winter. Rain. Wind. Pubs. Beer. Sex. Corruption. Murder.
A phone message from ex-client Danny McKillop doesn't ring any bells for Jack Irish. Life is hard enough without having to dredge up old problems: his beloved football team continues to lose, the odds on his latest plunge at the track seem far too long and he's still cooking for one.
But then Danny turns up dead and Jack has to take a walk back into the dark and dangerous past.
Four-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: Bad Debts (1996), Black Tide (1999), Dead Point (2000) and White Dog (2003). He has also written three other standalone novels: An Iron Rose (1998), Shooting Star (1999) and In the Evil Day (2002).
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