Bad Debts: The First Jack Irish Thriller (tie-in) (original 1996; edition 2013)

by Peter Temple

Series: Jack Irish (1)

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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.… (more)

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Title:	Bad Debts: The First Jack Irish Thriller (tie-in)
Authors:	Peter Temple
Info:	Text Publishing Company (2013), Edition: Second Edition, Paperback, 320 pages
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Tags:	fiction, novel, thriller, crime, private eye, PI, murder, corruption, politics, property development, horse racing, Australian fiction, Australia, Melbourne

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A solid detective story. Takes place in Melbourne Australia in the 90’s, a lot of Australian slang and their habit of shortening words but the main hits come through. I look forward to reading the rest of the series. (

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zmagic69 | Mar 31, 2023 |

I can't say I found this easy to read as half the time I couldn't work out who was saying what or indeed who the who was that was saying it! Nice to read something set in the familiar landscape of Melbourne and rural Victoria but the corruption in politics and race horsing deals did not strike me as original nor interesting. (

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Stephen.Lawton | Aug 7, 2021 |

THe ABC has made the Jack IRish books into enjoyable mini series but read the books; don't just watch the TV shows. Temple writes taut, credible fictions which may well be too true of our world. (

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StephenKimber | Mar 5, 2021 |

Peter Temple is an Australian mystery writer who creates a believable world as former world weary criminal defense lawyer. My problem with his writing is the convolutions of so many different side streets including gambling and other activities that I don't really care about. He has won a lot of awards and apparently there is a Jack Irish TV show as well as one called Broken Shore based on his novels. He is successful so you may like his books, it's just not my cup of tea. (

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kerryp | Dec 7, 2020 |

Oh. Delightful! Austrailian investigator/former defense atty. with a rough past. Some hilarious, incomprehensible horse racing / gambling scenes, but great characters, good story, very good writing. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
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Zühlke, Sigrun	Übersetzer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Jack Irish (1)

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Mroczna seria

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The Jack Irish Quinella: Bad Debts and Black Tide by Peter Temple

De backpack-trail by Jonathan Evans

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Ned Kelly Award (Winner – First Novel – 1997)

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100 Must-Read Australian Books (Fiction)

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Bad Debts

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Bad debts

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1996

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Jack Irish

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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Jack Irish: Bad Debts (2012 | IMDb)

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For Anita and Nicholas: true believers

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I found Edward Dollery, age 47, defrocked accountant, big spender and dishonest person, living in a house rented in the name of Carol Pick.

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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.

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