Bad Debts: A Jack Irish Thriller [Import] [Paperback]

Peter Temple (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 12, 2006

Introducing Australia’s most acclaimed crime-thriller writer to North American audiences with his first two books in his award-winning Jack Irish series.

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. When Danny turns up dead, Jack is forced to take a walk back into the dark and dangerous past.

With suspenseful prose and black humor, Peter Temple builds an unforgettable character in Jack Irish and brings the reader on a journey that is as intelligent as it is exciting.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“The engaging Jack and his friends are absolutely original and unfailingly amusing, and figuring out their speech patterns is great fun, even in its difficulty. Readers will take to this series like a thirsty man to a strong drink and bang the bar for another round.”
–Publishers Weekly

Praise for Peter Temple:
“Australia’s top crime novelist has arrived, and is wowing American readers of hard-guy fiction.”
–Robin Moore, author of The French Connection and REACT: CIA Black Ops

About the Author

Award-winning author Peter Temple has worked as a journalist, editor, and teacher of journalism. He has won four Ned Kelly Awards for crime fiction. Bad Debts, his first crime novel, won Best First Novel.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Anchor Canada (September 12, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 038566303X
• ISBN-13: 978-0385663038
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,660,079 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Bad Debts, September 14, 2009

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M. A. Childers "Hooked on mysteries" (Homewood, AL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bad Debts: A Jack Irish Thriller (Paperback)

Bad Debts is basically a primer to introduce readers to Jack Irish. It drags along and then has an exciting finish, good enough to want more. One warning, you need to know a bit of "Strain".