Bad Debts
Published on 4. July 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-78206-480-0 (ISBN)
Description
THE AWARD-WINNING DEBUT NOVEL, AND FIRST JACK IRISH THRILLER, FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BROKEN SHORE AND TRUTH.
'Put simply, Temple is a master' John Harvey
'Great locations, hard-nosed dialogue and a twisting plot . . . super entertainment' Evening Standard
Jack Irish doesn't spook too easy. He's had guns pointed at him too many times - more often since he started hiring himself out as a debt collector - and he saves his nerves for the racetrack. So when he receives a phone message from an ex-client begging for help, he's inclined to ignore it. It's not an acquaintance he's looking to renew. Some-time lawyer, part-time private eye, he has some old memories - and old friends - he'd do better to forget.
But then the caller turns up dead. And Jack has no choice but to take a trip down memory lane - into dangerous territories. There are some old debts that need chasing . . .
Loved Bad Debts? Then read the second novel in the Jack Irish series, Black Tide.
'Put simply, Temple is a master' John Harvey
'Great locations, hard-nosed dialogue and a twisting plot . . . super entertainment' Evening Standard
Jack Irish doesn't spook too easy. He's had guns pointed at him too many times - more often since he started hiring himself out as a debt collector - and he saves his nerves for the racetrack. So when he receives a phone message from an ex-client begging for help, he's inclined to ignore it. It's not an acquaintance he's looking to renew. Some-time lawyer, part-time private eye, he has some old memories - and old friends - he'd do better to forget.
But then the caller turns up dead. And Jack has no choice but to take a trip down memory lane - into dangerous territories. There are some old debts that need chasing . . .
Loved Bad Debts? Then read the second novel in the Jack Irish series, Black Tide.
Reviews / Votes
'A writer who assuredly takes the reader to places they have never been before' Michael Connelly. * Michael Connelly * 'Put simply, Temple is a master' John Harvey. * John Harvey *More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quercus Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
218 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78206-480-0 (9781782064800)
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Five-time winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction, Peter Temple is Australia's most acclaimed crime and thriller writer. His other multiple accolades include receiving the CWA Gold Dagger for The Broken Shore, and the Miles Franklin Award for Truth. He is also the author of the Jack Irish crime novels: Bad Debts, Black Tide, Dead Point and White Dog - a series which has been subsequently adapted for television starring Guy Pearce. Peter Temple lives in Ballarat, Australia, with his family.