Peter Temple Reihenfolge der Bücher

Peter Temple held crime writing up to the light and, with his poet's ear and eye, made it his own incomparable thing.

Inmitten verheerender Waldbrände bedroht eine Feuerwalze Melbourne. Eine junge Frau wird in einem Luxuskomplex ermordet aufgefunden. Ermittler Stephen Villani wird bei den Nachforschungen von Politikern behindert und ist zusätzlich von der Ähnlichkeit der Ermordeten mit seiner verschwundenen Tochter betroffen.

JACK IRISH BOOK THREE: FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BROKEN SHORE. 'Another world-class crime novel from Peter Temple' Canberra Times 'Peter Temple is an addiction. Read one book and you will want to read them all. Now' Val McDermid Jack Irish has a lot on his mind. His woman has an old flame, his champion horse has been put down and his gambling has left him broke. No wonder then, that he's a bit distracted from the work he is getting paid for - looking for the elusive Robbie Colburne, occasional barman. He's not the only one. Robbie's caught the interest not only of the police, but also certain dealers from the city's criminal class. So when Robbie finally shows up - in the morgue - Jack thinks he'd better start taking his job seriously. But there are those who would prefer him not to. Who don't like it when Jack begins asking questions. Who would do anything to make sure Jack Irish stays off the case - for good. Enjoyed Bad Debts, Black Tide and now Dead Point? Then discover the fourth and final Jack Irish thriller, White Dog . . .

"Her name was Sarah Longmore and she was charged with murdering her former lover." When Jack Irish is asked to look into Sarah Longmore's defence, he's more than happy to oblige. After all, whenever somebody seems as guilty as Sarah does, it's usually for a good reason. But her case will prove far from straightforward, and Jack's investigation far from swift and painless.

The Cold War is long dead but the trade in deceit and lies is still running hot. In Hamburg, John Anselm is hiding from the ghosts he has left behind in foreign war zones. He spends his days working for a surveillance firm. At night he drinks too much, paranoid about the suspicions he glimpses in the eyes of strangers. In London, Caroline Wishart calls herself an exposé journalist. The story she has stumbled on could make her career - or is she playing somebody else's game? Into both their lives comes ex-mercenary Con Niemand, bearing an explosive secret, a secret with the power to topple governments and destroy them all. A powerful and compelling thriller, In the Evil Day conjures a world where information is more dangerous than explosives and secrets are more important than human life.

Mac Faraday glaubt nicht, dass sich sein Freund Ned das Leben genommen hat. Er beginnt auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln, denn wenn es nicht Selbstmord war, muss es Mord gewesen sein. Faradays Nachforschungen führen ihn zu einer Erziehungsanstalt. Dabei entdeckt er eine Mädchenleiche in einem stillgelegten Bergwerksschacht. Nach und nach kommt Faraday denen auf die Spur, die zahllose Mädchen aus der Erziehungsanstalt missbraucht haben. Je näher er der Wahrheit kommt, desto mehr bringt ihn seine Recherche selbst in Gefahr. Präzise und lakonisch zeigt Temple die dunklen Seiten des fünften Kontinents.

THE SEQUEL TO THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE BROKEN SHORE, AND WINNER OF THE 2010 MILES FRANKLIN AWARD. 'This year's best thriller' Sunday Times 'A thriller of dazzling richness' Guardian 'Temple's award-winning The Broken Shore was good; this is better' Independent At the close of a long day, Inspector Stephen Villani stands in the bathroom of a luxury apartment high above the city. In the glass bath, a young woman lies dead. Villani's job as the head of the Victoria Police Homicide Squad is bathed in blood and sorrow. Incapable of constancy as a father and husband, damaged as a son, his life is his work. Now, over a few sweltering summer days, as fires burn across the state and his superiors and colleagues scheme and jostle, the girl's murder will collide with what seems on the surface to be another brutal gangland slaying and expose the darkness in the city's soul. Loved Truth and The Broken Shore, and want more Peter Temple? Then check out the first of his Jack Irish thrillers, Bad Debts.

Im vierten Fall für Anwalt Jack Irish wird die Künstlerin Sarah Longmore beschuldigt, ihren Exfreund Mickey Franklin erschossen zu haben. Trotz belastender Indizien erhält Jack den Auftrag, entlastende Beweise zu finden. Ein Hinweis führt ihn in gefährliche Situationen, während er Franklins Vergangenheit untersucht.

Jack Irish zum Dritten: ein Muss für alle Krimi-Fans! Winter in Melbourne: Anwalt Jack Irish kommt bei seinem neuen Fall nicht weiter. Im Auftrag des Richters Colin Loder soll Irish den Barkeeper Robbie Colburne finden, denn dieser besitzt etwas, das Loder gehört. Doch bevor Jack es sich versieht, ist Colburne tot, und er selbst bekommt eine Videokassette zugeschickt, auf der das Opfer auf dem Gelände der Firma CATHEXIS zu sehen ist. Und dann überschlagen sich die Ereignisse: Es stellt sich heraus, dass der Tote gar nicht Colburne ist, und jemand, der verhindern will, dass Irish ermittelt, setzt einen Killer auf ihn an.