''Dead Point'' (2000) is a

Ned Kelly Award The Ned Kelly Awards (named for bushranger Ned Kelly) are Australia's leading literary awards for crime writing in both the crime fiction and true crime genres. They were established in 1996 by the Crime Writers Association of Australia to rewar ...

-winning novel by Australian author

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 third novel in the author's Jack Irish series.

Dedication

"For Gerhard and Karin, dear friends, for all the good times: Kom dans, Klaradyn."

Awards

Ned Kelly Awards The Ned Kelly Awards (named for bushranger Ned Kelly) are Australia's leading literary awards for crime writing in both the crime fiction and true crime genres. They were established in 1996 by the Crime Writers Association of Australia to reward ...

for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2001: joint winner

Notes

This novel has also been published 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 2001 by De Boekerij) with a translation by Paul Witte.

Reviews

* "Australian Crime Fiction Database

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* "Tangled Web

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