Black Tide

Since its publication in March 1999, Peter Temple has wowed the critics yet again with the return of Jack Irish in his lethal thriller, Black Tide: 'Gutsy, pacy and multi-stranded' Australian's Review of Books 'Peter Temple writes books that, as Peter Corris once observed about the best crime novels, take you away "into realms of wit and potency"' The Australian 'Hallelujiah. Jack Irish is back ... a fast, funny, fabulous thriller.' Adelaide Advertiser 'Confirms Temple's rep as the top hard-boiled crime writer on the local scene.' Courier Mail 'Temple's prose is polished slick, his dialogue-spot on and his sense of place entrenched firmly in contemporary Australia ... compulsively readable.' Sun Herald 'Puts Temple at the forefront of contemporary Australian crime fiction' Sydney Morning Herald Jack Irish - lawyer, gambler, part-time cabinet-maker, finder of missing people - is recovering from a foray into the criminal underworld when he agrees to look for the son of an old workmate of his father's. It's an offer he soon has cause to regret as the trail of Gary Connors leads him into the world of Steven Levesque, millionaire and political kingmaker. The more Jack learns about Levesque's powerful corporation, the more convinced he becomes that at its heart lies a dark secret. What he's destined to find out is just how deadly that secret is ... Black Tide takes us back into the brilliantly evoked world of Jack Irish, with its pubs, racetracks and Australian football - not to mention intrigue, corruption and violence.