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Bad Debts

A Jack Irish Thriller, Book 1

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Bad Debts

By: Peter Temple
Narrated by: Marco Chiappi
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From the award-winning author of The Broken Shore.

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. With hitmen after him, shady ex-policeman at every turn, and the body count rising, Jack needs to find out what's going on - and fast.

©1996 Peter Temple (P)2011 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Crime Thrillers Thriller & Suspense Suspense

Critic reviews

"Melbourne, Australia's, multifaceted Jack Irish is back - and more feisty than ever. When he misses a meeting with Danny McKillop, who is then killed, Jack feels guilty and strives to hunt down the murderer, whatever the cost. Narrator Marco Chiappi handles the Aussie accents, snippets of subtle humor, and regional vocabulary with aplomb. He also moves effortlessly from depicting crime scenes to describing fine woodworking techniques (a hobby of Jack's) to voicing a spirited horse-racing announcer as Jack backs an unexpected winner. The fast-paced story is timely as those with a social conscience battle ruthless land developers - all the while attempting to tell the heroes from the villains." (AudioFile magazine)

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Found The Australian production TV show before I ever heard of the book. They are very closely tied. Anyway come on both are super fun and introduce a great new character with tons of depth

great read. great show!!

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Wow!!! What an adventure. This was fabulous. The story was believable the humor was great. Fun to be emerged in a foreign culture. Piss off…yes I will!

Could not be better

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Mostly a great job all round, but some issues with the recording / narration / plot made this a little tricky for me to follow precisely at times.

At times a little difficult to hear / follow

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It’s easy to understand why Peter Temple won Australia’s prestigious Miles Franklin Award. His writing is topnotch. And so are his plotting and pacing. Highly recommended!

Another Riveting Peter Temple Mystery

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If the creator of the story could've just stuck with the investigation part of his character, I think it would've been a lot better... flip flopping back and forth during the story was at times hard to follow.

The story was all over the place

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