Showing results by author "Peter Temple" in Mystery

Broken by his last case, homicide detective Joe Cashin has fled the city and returned to his hometown to run its one-man police station while his wounds heal and the nightmares fade. He lives a quiet life with his two dogs in the tumbledown wreck his family home has become. It's a peaceful existence - ideal for the rehabilitating man. But his recovery is rudely interrupted by a brutal attack on Charles Bourgoyne, a prominent member of the local community.

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, honor and deceit. And it is about truth.

Jack Irish - lawyer, gambler and people finder - is hunting down the villains who hijacked the winnings from his latest betting coup when he is hired by a mystery client to find missing barman Robbie Colbourne. But Robbie turns up dead of a drug overdose.

Meet Jack Irish, a some-time lawyer, part-time private eye, spare-time cabinet maker and full-time lover of strong coffee, swift horses, and spirited women. A phone message from ex-client Danny McKillop doesn't ring any bells for Jack ¿ life is hard enough without having to dredge up old problems. But when Danny turns up dead, Jack is forced to take a walk back into his dark and dangerous past.

Winner of the Duncan Lawrie Dagger (formerly the CWA Gold Dagger) for Fiction, 2007
Broken by his last case, homicide detective Joe Cashin has fled the city and returned to his hometown in South Eastern Australia, while his wounds heal and the nightmares fade. His recovery is interrupted when a local man is brutally attacked and left for dead. In the small town, suspicion quickly falls on three young men from the local Aboriginal community - but Cashin's not so sure.

In ‘Zwart tij’ volg je advocaat en detective Jack Irish in zijn onderzoek om de zoon van Des Connors te traceren. Nadat zoon Gary 60.000 dollar van zijn vader had geleend, was hij plotseling van de aardbodem verdwenen. Tijdens de zoektocht stuit Jack al snel op de invloedrijke miljonair Steven Levesque. Jack vertrouwt hem niet en zijn gevoel wordt bevestigd als hij een schokkende ontdekking doet. Wat heeft Gary met deze steenrijke man te maken en komt Jack er zelf zonder kleerscheuren af? ‘Zwart tij’ is de opvolger van ‘Kwade schulden’ in de Jack Irish reeks.

Meet Jack Irish, criminal lawyer, debt collector, football lover, turf watcher, trainee cabinetmaker, and the best Australian crime character we've seen in years. When Jack receives a puzzling message from a jailed ex-client, he's too deep in misery over Fitzroy'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.

Jack Irish - lawyer, gambler and people finder - is hunting down the villains who hijacked the winnings from his latest betting coup when he is hired by a mystery client to find missing barman Robbie Colbourne. But Robbie turns up dead of a drug overdose.