Dead point / Peter Temple.

By: Temple, Peter, 1946- [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Temple, Peter, Jack Irish thriller ; Publisher: Melbourne, Victoria : The Text Publishing Company, 2014Copyright date: ©2000Description: 304 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781922147356Subject(s): Irish, Jack (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Private investigators -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Fiction | Crime -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Fiction | Melbourne (Vic.) -- FictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery stories. DDC classification: A823.3 Summary: Mystery fiction. Detective and mystery stories. It takes a lot to rattle Jack Irish but, as Melbourne descends into a cold, wet winter, his mood is on the same trajectory. The woman in Jack's life has reconnected with an old flame. He has gambled and lost massively and seen a champion horse put down. It's not surprising that Jack's mind is not fully on the job he's being paid to do: find Robbie Colburne, occasional barman. But when Jack does get serious, he finds the freelance drink-dispenser is of great interest to some powerful people, people with very bad habits and a distinct lack of respect for the criminal justice system...Any lapse in concentration could prove fatal.
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First published: 2000.

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Mystery fiction. Detective and mystery stories. It takes a lot to rattle Jack Irish but, as Melbourne descends into a cold, wet winter, his mood is on the same trajectory. The woman in Jack's life has reconnected with an old flame. He has gambled and lost massively and seen a champion horse put down. It's not surprising that Jack's mind is not fully on the job he's being paid to do: find Robbie Colburne, occasional barman. But when Jack does get serious, he finds the freelance drink-dispenser is of great interest to some powerful people, people with very bad habits and a distinct lack of respect for the criminal justice system...Any lapse in concentration could prove fatal.

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