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Peter Temple Peter Temple (10 March 1946 – 8 March 2018) was an Australian crime fiction writer, mainly known for his ''Jack Irish'' novel series. He won several awards for his writing, including the Gold Dagger in 2007, the first for an Australian. He w ...

. This is the second novel in the author's Jack Irish series.

Dedication

"For Anita, Nicholas, and Louise: the Charity, the Hope, and the Faith."

Notes

This novel has also been published in USA (in 2005 by MacAdam/Cage), in Canada (in 2006 by Anchor Canada), in the UK (in 2008 by Quercus as part of ''Bad Debts: A Jack Irish Omnibus'') and in the Netherlands, in a Dutch-language edition (in 2003 by De Boekerij) with a translation by Paul Witte.

Reviews

* "Australian Crime Fiction Database

* "Australian Public Intellectual Network

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