Peter Temple
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Inspector Stephen Villani, head of homicide in Melbourne, Australia, has a full agenda: a murdered woman in a penthouse apartment, three men butchered in a sadistic rampage, a tattoofaced drug dealer corrupting his rebellious daughter, a crumbling marriage. As these seemingly unrelated events begin to unfold, Villani finds himself immersed in an unfamiliar world of political scandal and ethical ambiguity. He must navigate the inept bureaucracy that...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shaken by a scrape with death, big-city detective Joe Cashin is posted away from the homicide squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and not a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. When a prominent local person is attacked and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence
...Series
Jack Irish volume Set ! and set 2
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When one of Jack's former clients dies, Jack decides to investigate and uncovers a conspiracy; when Jack sets out to find the son of a family friend, he discovers that the man may be involved with dangerous people; when a judge requests Jack's help in locating sensitive papers, Jack uncovers a conspiracy involving drug smuggling and police corruption.
Author
Series
Jack Irish volume Season 1
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A former criminal lawyer reinvents himself as a part-time private investigator and tries to put his life back together after his wife is murdered by one of his clients.