Bad Debts (1996) is the celebrated novel introducing Peter Temple's Jack Irish, a book-carrying ex-criminal lawyer who now works as a serious debt collector in Melbourne, Australia.
Paperback: 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.
About the author: Peter Temple is a South-African born Australian crime and thriller writer, and has worked as a journalist, magazine editor and lecturer. He is the winner of the Duncan Lawrie Dagger for crime fiction for The Broken Shore (2006) as well as the winner of the Ned Kelly Award for crime fiction, Colin Roderick Award for best Australian book and lastly, the Australian Book Publishers' Award for best general fiction. He is the first Australian to win a Gold Dagger.
His other novels are (the Jack Irish novels are marked with an asterisk)
An Iron Rose (1998)
Shooting Star (1999)
Black Tide (1999) *
Dead Point (2000) *
In the Evil Day (2002) aka Identity Theory
White Dog (2003) *
The Broken Shore (2006)
Truth (2008)
Ithaca In My Mind (2012) - novella (Kindle)
Rating: 5/5
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