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Dead Point

Dead Point( )
Author: Temple, Peter
ISBN:978-1-86325-222-5
Publication Date:Oct 2000
Publisher:Random House Australia
Imprint:Bantam
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $22.95
Book Description:

A taut and gripping Jack Irish thriller set in a sharply-drawn world of pubs, racetracks and dangerous people. Lawyer, gambler and people-finder Jack Irish is trying to find out who got away with the proceeds of his syndicate's latest betting coup when he is hired to look for one Robbie Colburne. But he has barely started when the part-time barman is found dead of a drug overdose. Case closed, Jack thinks, but the client wants to know more - a bad mistake, since it turns out that...
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Book Details
Pages:280
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):14 x 21 cm
Author Biography
Temple, Peter (Author)
Peter Temple was born in South Africa in 1946. In 1979, he moved to Australia to work as education editor at the Sydney Morning Herald. He taught at Charles Sturt University and later at RMIT. In 1982, he edited the magazine Australian Society. He became a full-time writer in the 1990s.

He wrote nine novels including the Jack Irish series, which was adapted into a television show. He won the Gold Dagger in 2007 for The Broken Shore, the Miles Franklin award in 2010 for Truth, and five Ned Kelly awards. He died from cancer on March 8, 2018 at the age of 71.

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