Dark Tide

Audiobook The Broken Shore, author Peter Temple, translated by Robert Čapek. Read by Kajetán Písařovic, directed by Jakub Tabery. Jack Irish #2 PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR JACK IRISH MUST FIND THE WAYWARD SON OF A WAYWARD FATHER. As an occasional private investigator from Melbourne, Australia, Jack Irish's main business is searching for missing people. This time, however, his next case will lead him into very dangerous waters, where he could easily lose his life. Jack accepts an offer he can't refuse. His father's friend, Des Connors, visits him and asks him to find his missing son. But the missing Gary was certainly not without blemish, and the trail leads directly into the ruthless world of millionaire Steven Levesque, an influential man without scruples, but with plenty of powerful acquaintances who will stop at nothing. The deeper Jack Irish wades into the dark lies surrounding the prodigal Connors son, the more he regrets taking on this job. Because in the rotten heart of the millionaire's kingdom gapes a secret, like a festering wound, whose revelation could have fatal consequences for everyone involved. Including Jack himself. ____ An brilliant television series starring Guy Pearce was based on the Jack Irish books. PETER TEMPLE One of the most respected contemporary Australian detective writers, he was born in South Africa in 1946. In 1982, he moved to Melbourne, where he worked mainly as a journalist and teacher. However, he became famous a little later for his novels, especially for the four crime thrillers featuring the distinctive private investigator Jack Irish (Bad Debts, The Broken Shore, Black Tide, and White Dog). English-speaking readers will also know the detective story The Broken Shore (for which Temple was the first Australian to receive the prestigious British Gold Dagger award) and its stand-alone sequel, Truth. The author's books have been translated into more than twenty languages, have won numerous other awards, and the Jack Irish series has been adapted into a film and television series starring Guy Pearce. Peter Temple lived in Ballarat, Australia, with his wife Anita and son Nicholas until his untimely death in 2018.