Peter Temple

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, criminal lawyer, debt collector, football lover, turf watcher, trainee cabinetmaker, and the best Australian crime character we've seen in years....

When Des Connors, the last link to his father, calls to ask for help in the matter of a missing son, Jack Irish is happy to lend a hand. But sometimes prodigal sons go missing for a reason....

Winner of the Duncan Lawrie Dagger (formerly the CWA Gold Dagger) for Fiction, 2007
Broken by his last case, homicide detective Joe Cashin has returned to his hometown in South Eastern Australia. His recovery is interrupted when a local man is brutally attacked and left for dead....

Five people lie dead on the floor of a fortified Johannesburg mansion. In his hands, the solitary survivor holds his death warrant....