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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 tattoo-faced drug dealer corrupting his rebellious daughter, and a crumbling marriage. As these seemingly unrelated...

Jack Irish doesn't spook too easy. He's had guns pointed at him too many times - more often since he started hiring himself out as a debt collector - and he saves his nerves for the racetrack. So when he receives a phone message from an ex-client begging for help, he's inclined to ignore it...

In ‘Zwart tij’ volg je advocaat en detective Jack Irish in zijn onderzoek om de zoon van Des Connors te traceren. Nadat zoon Gary 60.000 dollar van zijn vader had geleend, was hij plotseling van de aardbodem verdwenen. Tijdens de zoektocht stuit Jack al snel op de invloedrijke miljonair Steven Levesque. Jack vertrouwt hem niet en zijn gevoel wordt bevestigd als hij een schokkende ontdekking doet. Wat heeft Gary met deze steenrijke man te maken en komt Jack er zelf zonder kleerscheuren af? ‘Zwart tij’ is de opvolger van ‘Kwade schulden’ in de Jack Irish reeks.

Winner of the Duncan Lawrie Dagger (formerly the CWA Gold Dagger) for Fiction, 2007
Broken by his last case, homicide detective Joe Cashin has fled the city and returned to his hometown in South Eastern Australia, while his wounds heal and the nightmares fade. His recovery is interrupted when a local man is brutally attacked and left for dead. In the small town, suspicion quickly falls on three young men from the local Aboriginal community - but Cashin's not so sure.

Jack Irish - lawyer, gambler and people finder - is hunting down the villains who hijacked the winnings from his latest betting coup when he is hired by a mystery client to find missing barman Robbie Colbourne. But Robbie turns up dead of a drug overdose.