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Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Jack Irish
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y separately published work icon Bad Debts Peter Temple , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1996 Z191767 1996 single work novel crime

'When Jack Irish, criminal lawyer turned debt collector, receives a mysterious message from an ex-client, he is too immersed in his misery over Fitzroy's latest loss to take much notice. The next thing Jack knows, the ex-client is dead and he is drawn into a dangerous investigation.' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon Black Tide Peter Temple , Sydney : Bantam Books , 1999 Z135478 1999 single work novel crime

'Jack Irish has no shortage of friends. Jockeys and journos, lawyers and standover men, people in nameless occupations who aren’t in the phone book. These days, though, the only family he sees are Irish men in faded football team photographs on the pub wall. So when Des Connors, the last link to his father, calls to ask for help in the matter of a missing son, Jack is happy to lend a hand. But sometimes prodigal sons go missing for a reason.

'As Jack begins to dig, he discovers that Gary Connors was a man with something to hide. And his friends are people with darker, more deadly secrets.' (Publication summary)

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y separately published work icon Dead Point Peter Temple , Sydney : Bantam Books , 2000 Z668706 2000 single work novel crime
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y separately published work icon White Dog Peter Temple , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2003 Z1011755 2003 single work novel crime

'Jack Irish—gambler, cook, and cabinet maker, finder of people who don't want to be found—has a new job, hunting for evidence that might save the beautiful sculptor Sarah Longmore from a murder rap.

'White Dog is the final installment in the Jack Irish series, featuring Peter Temple's best-loved protagonist.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1996
Notes:
The first title in this series, Bad Debts, was first published by HarperCollins while the second and third titles, Black Tide and Dead Point, were first published by Bantam Books. Subsequent titles in the series, and reprints of the three initial titles, are published by Text Publishing.

Works about this Work

Bookmarks Jason Steger , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 13 August 2011; (p. 36)
A column canvassing current literary news including a report that the first two books in Peter Temple's Jack Irish series will be produced for television by Essential Media and Entertainment. Jason Steger notes the similarities between Australian surfer Michael Peterson and the main character in Malcolm Knox's The Life; Knox met Peterson's mother at the 2011 Byron Bay Writers Festival and the two discussed the novel. The column also contains details of the 2011 National Bookshop Day.
Temple Hero Set for Small Screen Jason Steger , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 2 May 2009; (p. 28)
A column canvassing current literary news including reports on a planned adaptation of Peter Temple's Jack Irish novels and news of the forthcoming publication by Penguin imprint Hamish Hamilton of Peter Carey's Parrot and Olivier in America. Jason Steger also provides an update on developments in the parallel importation debate.
Case of the Warm and Fuzzies Rosemary Sorensen , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , July vol. 2 no. 6 2007; (p. 14-15)

— Review of The Dragon Man Garry Disher , 1999 single work novel ; KittyHawk Down Garry Disher , 2003 single work novel ; Chain of Evidence Garry Disher , 2007 single work novel ; Murray Whelan Mysteries Shane Maloney , 1994- series - author novel ; Jack Irish Peter Temple , 1996 series - author novel ; The Broken Shore Peter Temple , 2005 single work novel
Creative Walking Samela Harris , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 27 August 2005; (p. 17)
Case of the Warm and Fuzzies Rosemary Sorensen , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , July vol. 2 no. 6 2007; (p. 14-15)

— Review of The Dragon Man Garry Disher , 1999 single work novel ; KittyHawk Down Garry Disher , 2003 single work novel ; Chain of Evidence Garry Disher , 2007 single work novel ; Murray Whelan Mysteries Shane Maloney , 1994- series - author novel ; Jack Irish Peter Temple , 1996 series - author novel ; The Broken Shore Peter Temple , 2005 single work novel
Creative Walking Samela Harris , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 27 August 2005; (p. 17)
Temple Hero Set for Small Screen Jason Steger , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 2 May 2009; (p. 28)
A column canvassing current literary news including reports on a planned adaptation of Peter Temple's Jack Irish novels and news of the forthcoming publication by Penguin imprint Hamish Hamilton of Peter Carey's Parrot and Olivier in America. Jason Steger also provides an update on developments in the parallel importation debate.
Bookmarks Jason Steger , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 13 August 2011; (p. 36)
A column canvassing current literary news including a report that the first two books in Peter Temple's Jack Irish series will be produced for television by Essential Media and Entertainment. Jason Steger notes the similarities between Australian surfer Michael Peterson and the main character in Malcolm Knox's The Life; Knox met Peterson's mother at the 2011 Byron Bay Writers Festival and the two discussed the novel. The column also contains details of the 2011 National Bookshop Day.

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