Bad Debts (Jack Irish Thriller, Band 1) - Softcover

Temple, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1921758813 ISBN 13: 9781921758812

Verlag: TEXT PUB CO, 2013

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Meet Jack Irish, criminal lawyer, debt collector, football lover, turf watcher, trainee cabinetmaker, and one of the best crime characters ever created.

When Jack receives a puzzling message from a jailed ex-client he&;s too deep in misery over his football team&;s latest loss to take much notice. Next thing Jack knows, the ex-client&;s dead and he&;s been drawn into a life-threatening investigation involving high-level corruption, dark sexual secrets, shonky property deals, and murder. With hitmen after him, shady ex-policemen at every turn, and the body count rising, Jack needs to find out what&;s going on&;and fast.

The first novel in the iconic Jack Irish series, Bad Debts was first published in 1996 and won the Australia's crime writing prize, the Ned Kelly Award, for Best First Novel. Peter Temple went on to win Australia's highest literary honor, the Miles Franklin Award, in 2010 for Truth as well many other awards and accolades both in Australia and internationally.

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Peter Temple has worked extensively as a journalist and editor for newspapers and magazines in several countries. He has won five Ned Kelly Awards for his novels, and won the world&;s most prestigious crimewriting prize, the Duncan Lawrie Dagger. In 2010 he was awarded Australia&;s greatest writing prize, the Miles Franklin Literary Award. His books are published in more than twenty countries.

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PETER TEMPLE, WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD
WINNER OF THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION GOLD DAGGER FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR
WINNER OF FIVE NED KELLY AWARDS FOR CRIME FICTION

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.

PETER TEMPLE, WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD
WINNER OF THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION GOLD DAGGER FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR
WINNER OF FIVE NED KELLY AWARDS FOR CRIME FICTION

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.

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• Verlag: TEXT PUB CO
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1921758813
• ISBN 13: 9781921758812
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 314
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