Black Tide (1999) is a crime novel by Australian author Peter Temple.[1] This is the second novel in the author's Jack Irish series.[2]

Black Tide
First edition
AuthorPeter Temple
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
SeriesJack Irish series
Genrecrime novel
PublisherBantam, Australia
Publication date
1999
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages311 pp
ISBN0-7338-0159-5
OCLC154590687
Preceded byBad Debts 
Followed byDead Point 

Dedication edit

"For Anita, Nicholas, and Louise: the Charity, the Hope, and the Faith."

Abstract edit

"Jack Irish has no shortage of friends. Jockeys and journos, lawyers and standover men, people in nameless occupations who aren’t in the phone book. These days, though, the only family he sees are Irish men in faded football team photographs on the pub wall. So when Des Connors, the last link to his father, calls to ask for help in the matter of a missing son, Jack is happy to lend a hand. But sometimes prodigal sons go missing for a reason.

"As Jack begins to dig, he discovers that Gary Connors was a man with something to hide. And his friends are people with darker, more deadly secrets." (Publication summary)[1]

Notes edit

This novel has also been published as follows:

  • De Boekerij, 2003, Netherlands, in a Dutch-language edition with a translation by Paul Witte[3]
  • MacAdam/Cage, 2005, USA[4]
  • Anchor Canada, 2006, Canada[5]
  • Quercus, 2008, UK, as part of Bad Debts: A Jack Irish Omnibus[6]
  • Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, 2008, Germany, in a German-language edition[7]

Reviews edit

  • "Australian Crime Fiction Database" [1]
  • "Australian Public Intellectual Network" [2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Black Tide". Austlit. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Jack Irish". Austlit. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Black Tide (De Boekerij)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Black Tide (MacAdam/Cage)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Black Tide (Anchor Canada)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Black Tide (Quercus)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Black Tide (Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 June 2023.