Peter Temple

At the close of a long day, Inspector Stephen Villani stands in the bathroom of a luxury apartment high above the city. In the glass bath, a young woman lies dead, a panic button within reach. So begins the sequel to Peter Temple's bestselling masterpiece, The Broken Shore, winner of the Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel. Villani's life is his work. It is his identity, his calling, his touchstone. But now, over a few sweltering summer days, as fires burn across the state and his superiors and colleagues scheme and jostle, he finds all the certainties of his life are crumbling. Truth is a novel about a man, a family, a city. It is about violence, murder, love, corruption, honour and deceit. And it is about truth.

Truth

When a prominent local is attacked in his home and left for dead, big-city detective Joe Cashin, shaken by a personal scrape with death and posted to a quiet town, is thrust into what becomes a high-profile murder investigation. 75,000 first printing.

The Broken Shore

A telephone message from Danny McKillop, a former client, draws gambler and lawyer Jack Irish on a perilous trail into a dark and dangerous past on a case that is further complicated when Danny turns up dead. Original.

Bad Debts

When men in police uniforms came to execute me on the roadside, beside dark fields, it was a definite sign that my new life was over.'A regular at the local pub, a mainstay of the footy team, Mac Faraday is a man with a past living the quiet life of a country blacksmith. But when his best friend Ned Lowey is found hanged, Mac - who has learned the hard way never to accept things at face value - isn't convinced he committed suicide and starts asking questions.Why did Ned keep press cuttings about the skeleton of a girl found in an old mine shaft? What was he doing at Kinross Hall, the local detention centre for juvenile girls? Who was the beaten girl found naked beside a lonely road?As Mac's search for answers pushes deeper into the past, it resurrects the terrifying spectre of what he calls his 'old life', forcing him to turn to long-discarded skills not only to discover why his best friend died, but also to save his own life.

An Iron Rose

It takes a lot to rattle Jack Irish but, as Melbourne descends into a cold, wet winter, his mood is on the same trajectory. The woman in Jack's life has reconnected with an old love-object. He has just seen a massive plunge lost, a champion horse put down. Worst of all, hijackers have robbed and brutally beaten one of the gambling team. So it's not surprising that Jack's mind is not fully on the job he's being paid to do: find Robbie Colburne, occasional barman. But when Jack does get serious, he finds that the freelance drink-dispenser is of great interest to some powerful people, people with very bad habits and a distinct lack of respect for the criminal justice system... Any lapse in concentration could prove fatal.

Dead Point

The Cold War is long dead but the trade in deceit and lies is still running hot. In Hamburg, John Anselm is hiding from the ghosts he has left behind in foreign war zones. He spends his days working for a surveillance firm. At night he drinks too much, paranoid about the suspicions he glimpses in the eyes of strangers.In London, Caroline Wishart calls herself an exposé journalist. The story she has stumbled on could make her career--or is she playing somebody else's game?Into both their lives comes ex-mercenary Con Niemand, bearing an explosive secret, a secret with the power to topple governments and destroy them all.A powerful and compelling thriller, In the Evil Day conjures a 21st century world where information is more dangerous than explosives and secrets are more important than human life.

In the Evil Day

Jack Irish is recovering from his last foray into the criminal underworld when he agrees to look for the missing son of Des Connors, the last living link to Jack's father. It's an offer he soon regrets, as he discovers that prodigal sons often go missing for a reason, and they always have something to hide. The second book in Peter Temple's Jack Irish series, Black Tide takes us back into a brilliantly evoked world of pubs, racetracks, and sports ? not to mention intrigue, corruption, and violence.

Black Tide

Shaken by a scrape with death, big-city detective Joe Cashin is posted away from the Homicide Squad to a quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and not a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. When a prominent local is attacked and left for dead in his own home, Cashin is thrust into a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby Aboriginal community; whom everyone wants to blame. But Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a simple robbery gone wrong.--From publisher description.

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"Byzantine plot twists and incisively drawn characters combine" to make this Australian crime novel from an award-winning author "an unforgettable read" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review) The Broken Shore, Peter Temple's award-winning eighth novel revolves around big-city detective Joe Cashin. Shaken by a scrape with death, he's posted away from the Homicide Squad to a small town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and more than a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. But when a prominent local is attacked in his own home and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence points to three teenagers from the nearby aboriginal community—everyone seems to want to blame them. Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong. "A deeply intelligent thriller." — Booklist, starred review "Peter Temple's moody prose is far too satisfying. . . . brilliant." — The Globe and Mail " The Broken Shore by Peter Temple is a great discovery. . . . I was fully taken by this book." —Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Waiting "A towering achievement. . . . seldom has a waltz of the damned proven so hypnotic. Indispensable." — The Guardian (UK)

A Novel

Møt Jack Irish, litt advokat, deltids pengeinnkrever, møbelsnekker, av og til privatetterforsker som liker raske hester og fotball. En beskjed på telefonsvareren fra en eksklient får ikke varsellampene til å blinke for Jack - livet hans er tøft nok fra før, han trenger ikke gamle problemer: Fotballaget hans taper, og han lager fortsatt mat til bare seg selv. Men når eksklienten blir funnet død, endrer alt seg. Jack blir dratt inn i et farlig spill med korrupsjon, skitne eiendomsavtaler, mørk seksualitet og flere drap. Han må gjøre alt han kan for å slippe unna leiemordere og korrupte politifolk - og han har ekstremt dårlig tid. Nettet snører seg sammen rundt han. Temple regnes som en av verdens beste krimforfattere. Hans bøker er i dag utgitt i over 20 land. I 2007 mottok han verdens mest prestisjefylte krimpris, Duncan Lawrie Dagger, for Mørk kyst, som ble hans definitive internasjonale gjennombrudd: en bok som har fått like mye ros for sine unike litterære egenskaper som for sine krimkvaliteter.

Blodig gjeld

Møt Jack Irish, litt advokat, deltids pengeinnkrever, møbelsnekker, av og til privatetterforsker som liker raske hester og fotball. Jack Irish mangler ikke akkurat bekjentskaper og venner - jockeyer, journalister, advokater og andre med mer unevnelige yrker. Men akkurat nå er det nærmeste han kommer venner, falmede fotografier av avdankede fotballspillere på puben. Så når Des Connor, hans eneste link til faren, ringer og ber om hjelp til å finne en forsvunnet sønn, er ikke Irish sen om å svare ja. Men noen ganger forsvinner sønner fordi de har en veldig, veldig god grunn. Dette er andre bok i Jack Irish-serien.

Svart flo

Joe Cashin heeft te veel gezien en te veel meegemaakt in zijn drukke baan als rechercheur moordzaken. Nadat hij de dood in de ogen heeft gekeken, is hij verhuisd naar een klein dorp waar hij het rustige politiebureau in zijn eentje runt. Veel tijd om te herstellen van de traumatische gebeurtenissen heeft hij niet, want al gauw wordt een van de belangrijkste bewoners van het dorp aangevallen. Als de dorpsbewoners drie jongens uit de aboriginal gemeenschap aanwijzen als daders, komt Joe achter de diep verdrongen geheimen die het dorp in stilte teisterden. In ‘De gebroken kust’ vertelt Temple het verhaal van corruptie, vooroordelen en een groot gedeeld trauma in een Australische gemeenschap. Peter Temple (1946 - 2018) was een succesvolle Australische thrillerschrijver en journalist. Zijn boekenreeks over de advocaat Jack Irish zijn het populairst met onder andere ‘Kwade schuld’, ‘Zwart tij’ en ‘Dood punt’. Ook de thriller ‘Waarheid’ heeft grote bekendheid gekregen waar hij tevens een Miles Franklin Award voor heeft ontvangen. Temple is in Australië zeer geliefd om zijn misdaadromans en is drie keer bekroond met de Ned Kelly Award, de hoogste Australische prijs in de thriller categorie.

De gebroken kust

Des Connors has got problems with his son. Not only has he lent him all his savings, now he's missing. And Des isn't just worried for his money. Jack Irish hasn't got family problems; he hasn't got any family at all. So when Des, an old friend of his father, asks for a favour, Jack's eager to oblige. But it turns out young Gary Connors made a few friends that he would have been better without. And now Jack's facing the question: did he disappear of his own accord, or did one of those new friends lend a hand...?

Shaken by a scrape with death, big-city detective Joe Cashin is posted away from the Homicide Squad to a quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and not a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. When a prominent local is attacked and left for dead in his own home, Cashin is thrust into a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby Aboriginal community; whom everyone wants to blame. But Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a simple robbery gone wrong.

The broken shore

THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE JACK IRISH SERIES, NOW A TV SERIES STARRING GUY PEARCE - FROM THE WORLDWIDE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BROKEN SHORE. 'One of the best thriller writers in the world' Sunday Express I went to George Armit's funeral. It was a small affair. Almost everyone George had known was dead. Many of them were dead because George had had them killed . . . Jack Irish however, has no shortage of friends. Jockeys and journos, lawyers and standover men, people in nameless occupations who aren't in the phone book. These days, though, the only family he sees are Irish men in faded football team photographs on the pub wall. So when Des Connors, the last link to his father, calls to ask for help in the matter of his missing son, Gary, Jack is happy to lend a hand. But sometimes prodigal sons go missing for a reason. And Jack soon discovers Gary Connors was a man with something to hide. Can't get enough of the Jack Irish novels? Then read the third instalment in the series, Dead Point . . .

The pain seemed to dissolve. Cold and rough tarmac against the face, chill wind down here at ground level, smell of French perfume on my shirt, delicious. I registered that but all I felt was sad. This is a stupid way to go, I thought. Careless. When Mac Faraday's best friend is found hanging, the assumption is suicide. But Mac is far from convinced, and he's a man who knows not to accept things at face value. A regular at the local pub, a mainstay of the footy team, Mac is living the quiet life of a country blacksmith – a life connected to a place, connected to its people. But Mac carries a burden of fear and vigilance from his old life. And as this past of secrets, corruption, abuse and murder begins to close in, he must turn to long-forgotten resources to hang on to everything he holds dear, including his own life.

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