Peter Temple
Journalist, lecturer and crime fiction writer Peter Temple started writing fiction in the 1990s. with the Jack Irish novels (Bad Debts, Black Tide, Dead Point, White Dog) set in Melbourne with a gambling lawyer as the central character. He followed those with three stand-alone novels, The Broken Shore and its semi-sequel, Truth, both of which probably warrant a re-read.
Read:
Truth, a pretty good read where Steve Villani, head of the Melbourne Homicide squad investigates the murder of a young woman as his marriage disintegrates and Victoria shapes towards a change of government. A pretty believable mix of police procedure, crime and misconduct, corruption and deceit with a repeat of Black Saturday lurking in the background.
The Broken Shore, which, although you might call it the prequel to Truth stands pretty impressively on its own.
Investigate availability of:
Bad Debts (1996)
An Iron Rose (1998)
Shooting Star (1999)
Black Tide (1999)
Dead Point (2000)
In the Evil Day (2002) aka Identity Theory
White Dog (2003)
