Order of Peter Temple Books
Peter Temple was a South African-born Australian novelist of crime fiction novels. He wrote the Jack Irish series. Before becoming a novelist, Temple worked as a journalist. He is the first Australian author to win a Gold Dagger Award – the Duncan Lawrie Dagger for crime fiction. Peter lived in Victoria, Australia with his wife Anita and has a son.
Peter unfortunately passed away in March 2018.
Peter Temple became a published author in 1996 with the novel Bad Debts, introducing readers to his Jack Irish character. Below is a list of Peter Temple’s books in order of when they were first released:
Publication Order of Jack Irish Books
| Bad Debts | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Black Tide | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dead Point | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| White Dog | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Broken Shore Books
| The Broken Shore | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Truth | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| An Iron Rose | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shooting Star | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| In the Evil Day / Identity Theory | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Ithaca in My Mind | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The Red Hand | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Note: In the Evil Day was also published under the title of Identity Theory.
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Peter Temple Synopses: In Bad Debts by Peter Temple (book 1 of the Jack Irish series), criminal lawyer turned debt collector Jack Irish gets a strange message from a former client of his, but he’s too focused on a loss to put much thought into it. But the next thing he knows, his old client is dead and Jack is now apart of the investigation.
In White Dog by Peter Temple (book 4 of the series), Jack Irish is already a gambler, cook, cabinet maker and a man who can find people who have voluntarily disappeared, but now he is searching for evidence in order to clear the name of a sculptor named Sarah Longmore, who is being charged with murder.
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I have been an avid reader of crime and spy thrillers for decades .
Martin Cruz Smith, John Le Carre , Len Deighton , James Lee Burke, Phillip Kerr are my favourites and I have read their books many times over.
But my absolute favourite perhaps in part because I am Australian and so many of his books are set here and involve Australian characters and their dialogue , is Peter Temple.