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Winner of the Colin Roderick Award for Australian writing, the Ned Kelly Award for Australian crime fiction, and the CWA Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award. Peter Temple's The Broken Shore is a transfixing and moving novel about a place, a family, politics and power, and the need to live decently in a world where so much is rotten. The Broken Shore, his eighth novel, revolves around big-city detective Joe Cashin. Shaken by a scrape with death, he's posted away from the Homicide Squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and more than a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. But when a prominent local is attacked in his own home and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence points to three boys from the nearby aboriginal community--everyone seems to want to blame them. Cashin is unconvinced, and soon begins to see the outlines of something far more terrible than a burglary gone wrong. Peter Temple is currently being hailed as the finest crime writer in Australia, but it won't be long before he is recognized as what he really is--one of the nation's finest writers, period. Born in South Africa, Temple is writing a dynamic kind of literary thriller that ultimately defies classification.

Like the courtesans of a bygone age, hedge funds cater to the wealthy and project an aura of mystery and excitement. But as the Long Term Capital Management debacle showed, their activities affect us all. Far from neutralising risk, as their name might suggest, some are simply vehicles for large-scale speculation - raiding currencies, disrupting bond markets, and embarrassing governments. This book looks in detail at the secret world of hedge funds, how they work, the larger than life characters who run them, their private passions and the risks they run.

Private Equity Examining the New Conglomerates of European Business 'This is the authoritative work on private equity, giving the business manager a genuine insight into how this relatively new form of ownership works.' Frank Neale, Phildrew Ventures 'A truly revealing insight into the world of private equity, MBOs and MBIs. A really enjoyable read.' Barrie Pearson, Livingstone Guarantee 'An excellent insight into the changing world of venture capital and private equity.' Charles Richardson, Director of Corporate Affairs, 3i How should entrepreneurs and company managers seeking capital go about the task, and what can they expect if they are successful? What do private equity investors look for in the companies they back? What are the lessons from the successes and (equally important) the failures of the past? And should politicians and financial regulators be concerned about the huge investment funds now being assembled to invest in private equity in Europe? The answers to all of these question can be found in this book.

The Sunday Times bestseller, from Australia's most acclaimed crime and thriller writer.

The Cold War is long dead but the trade in deceit and lies is still running hot. In Hamburg, John Anselm is hiding from the ghosts he has left behind in foreign war zones. He spends his days working for a surveillance firm. At night he drinks too much, paranoid about the suspicions he glimpses in the eyes of strangers. In London, Caroline Wishart calls herself an expose journalist. The story she has stumbled on could make her career - or is she playing somebody else's game? Into both their lives comes ex-mercenary Con Niemand, bearing an explosive secret, a secret with the power to topple governments and destroy them all. A powerful and compelling thriller, In the Evil Day conjures a world where information is more dangerous than explosives and secrets are more important than human life.

A race for life as a girl's kidnapping reveals her family's tainted past and a disreputable ex-police negotiator becomes her only hope for survival.

The first standalone crime novel from the author of The Broken Shore and the Jack Irish thrillers

Peter Temple held crime writing up to the light and, with his poet's ear and eye, made it his own incomparable thing.Peter Temple started publishing novels late, when he was fifty, but then he got cracking. He wrote nine novels in thirteen years. Along the way he wrote screenplays, stories, dozens of reviews.When Temple died in March 2018 there was an unfinished Jack Irish novel in his drawer. It is included in The Red Hand, and it reveals the master at the peak of his powers. The Red Hand also includes the screenplay of Valentine's Day, an improbably delightful story about an ailing country football club, which in 2007 was adapted for television by the ABC. Also included are his short fiction, his reflections on the Australian idiom, a handful of autobiographical fragments, and a selection of his brilliant book reviews. .

The fourth novel in the Jack Irish series, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Broken Shore

THE AWARD-WINNING DEBUT NOVEL, AND FIRST JACK IRISH THRILLER, FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BROKEN SHORE AND TRUTH.'Put simply, Temple is a master' John Harvey'Great locations, hard-nosed dialogue and a twisting plot . . . super entertainment' Evening StandardJack 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. It's not an acquaintance he's looking to renew. Some-time lawyer, part-time private eye, he has some old memories - and old friends - he'd do better to forget. But then the caller turns up dead. And Jack has no choice but to take a trip down memory lane - into dangerous territories. There are some old debts that need chasing . . .Loved Bad Debts? Then read the second novel in the Jack Irish series, Black Tide.

THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE JACK IRISH SERIES, NOW A TV SERIES STARRING GUY PEARCE - FROM THE WORLDWIDE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BROKEN SHORE.'One of the best thriller writers in the world' Sunday ExpressI went to George Armit's funeral. It was a small affair. Almost everyone George had known was dead. Many of them were dead because George had had them killed . . .Jack Irish however, 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 his missing son, Gary, Jack is happy to lend a hand. But sometimes prodigal sons go missing for a reason. And Jack soon discovers Gary Connors was a man with something to hide.Can't get enough of the Jack Irish novels? Then read the third instalment in the series, Dead Point . . .

JACK IRISH BOOK THREE: FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BROKEN SHORE.'Another world-class crime novel from Peter Temple' Canberra Times'Peter Temple is an addiction. Read one book and you will want to read them all. Now' Val McDermidJack Irish has a lot on his mind. His woman has an old flame, his champion horse has been put down and his gambling has left him broke. No wonder then, that he's a bit distracted from the work he is getting paid for - looking for the elusive Robbie Colburne, occasional barman. He's not the only one. Robbie's caught the interest not only of the police, but also certain dealers from the city's criminal class. So when Robbie finally shows up - in the morgue - Jack thinks he'd better start taking his job seriously. But there are those who would prefer him not to. Who don't like it when Jack begins asking questions. Who would do anything to make sure Jack Irish stays off the case - for good.Enjoyed Bad Debts, Black Tide and now Dead Point? Then discover the fourth and final Jack Irish thriller, White Dog . . .

The sequel to the Sunday Times bestseller The Broken Shore, and winner of the 2010 Miles Franklin Award.

CFDs, or contracts for difference, have experienced a surge in popularity with private investors and traders. They are extremely flexible trading instruments that offer high degrees of leverage, the opportunity to go long and short and to hedge open positions in other tradable instruments. Similar to spread betting, traders can take advantage of price movements without having to buy the underlying asset, thereby avoiding stamp duty, broker commissions and 100% capital requirement issues. However, CFDs are high risk, predominantly because of their gearing exposure, and anyone entering this market should fully understand the risk and rewards before they start trading. 'CFDs Made Simple' is a short, straightforward, no-nonsense, practical guide to this exciting product written in Peter Temple's accessible style.

VINNER AV DAGGER AWARDS SOM VERDENS BESTE KRIMDet skjer noe med deg når du har vært så nær ved å dø. Derfor hadde Joe Cashin søkt avskjed fra drapsavsnittet. Nå er han bare landsbypurk. Sjelden tenker han på hvem han har vært. Helt til Charles Bourgoyne blir slått ned og drept. Alt peker mot tre aboriginergutter, men Cashin er ikke overbevist. Mens tragedie ubønnhørlig følger tragedie, og stadig nye hemmeligheter avsløres, prøver Cashin å holde fast på noe han burde latt gå..Mørk kyst er en av de største internasjonale krimsuksessene de siste årene, og en moderne litterær klassiker. Peter Temples bok overskrider de fleste sjangergrenser: et unikt portrett av det australske samfunnet, en hardkokt krim om makt, politikk og rasemotsetninger, en psykologisk roman om håp og desillusjon, om behovet for å leve ærlig i en løgnaktig verden. En av de mest kraftfulle kriminalromaner undertegnede noen gang har lest. Knut Holt, Fædrelandsvennen Les utdrag fra boka

Da femten år gamle Anne Carson blir kidnappet, tar familien kontakt med Frank Calder, en tidligere soldat og gisselforhandler. Han vil at de skal tilkalle politiet, men familien, som har mistet et barn før på grunn av rot fra politiets side, nekter. Calder må gå langt ut over sine fullmakter for å løse saken, og vet at hvis han følger feil spor, vil jenta helt sikkert dø. Peter Temple er uten tvil en av de aller dyktigste forfatterne på den internasjonale krimscenen.» Knut Faldbakken, VG Dette er stilrent og stramt fortalt, det har pulserende nærvær, det har treffsikre miljø og personskildringer, det besitter action og overraskelser. Les!» Knut Holt, Fædrelandsvennen «Til alle vordende krimforfattere som lurer på hvordan det kan gjøres: Les Peter Temple. Han skriver oppsiktsvekkende gode, realistiske kriminalromaner fra skyggenes Australia» Torbjørn Ekelund, Dagbladet Les utdrag fra boken:

Møt Jack Irish, litt advokat, deltids pengeinnkrever, møbelsnekker, av og til privatetterforsker som liker raske hester og fotball. En beskjed på telefonsvareren fra en eksklient får ikke varsellampene til å blinke for Jack - livet hans er tøft nok fra før, han trenger ikke gamle problemer: Fotballaget hans taper, og han lager fortsatt mat til bare seg selv. Men når eksklienten blir funnet død, endrer alt seg. Jack blir dratt inn i et farlig spill med korrupsjon, skitne eiendomsavtaler, mørk seksualitet og flere drap. Han må gjøre alt han kan for å slippe unna leiemordere og korrupte politifolk - og han har ekstremt dårlig tid. Nettet snører seg sammen rundt han. Temple regnes som en av verdens beste krimforfattere. Hans bøker er i dag utgitt i over 20 land. I 2007 mottok han verdens mest prestisjefylte krimpris, Duncan Lawrie Dagger, for Mørk kyst, som ble hans definitive internasjonale gjennombrudd: en bok som har fått like mye ros for sine unike litterære egenskaper som for sine krimkvaliteter. "Temple har samfunnskritisk snert uten å glemme underholdningsverdien. Velskrevne, gode dialoger og fin Melbourne-stemning: Joda, bare gled deg til de tre neste Irish-bøkene kommer på norsk i år." Jarle Natland, Stavanger Aftenblad "Prosaen er tett, tempoet til å miste pusten av, dialogen er forfriskende." Sun-Herald Les utdrag fra boka

Møt Jack Irish, litt advokat, deltids pengeinnkrever, møbelsnekker, av og til privatetterforsker som liker raske hester og fotball. Jack har mye å tenke på. Kjæresten hans har en gammel flamme som forstyrrer idyllen, vinnerhesten hans har reist til de evige jaktmarker og han har gamblet bort alle pengene sine. Altså har han hodet helt andre steder enn på oppdraget sitt, nemlig å finne den unnvikende bartenderen Robbie Colburne. Men han er ikke den eneste som leter, og når Robbie endelig dukker opp er det på byens likhus. Jack innser at han må ta jobben mer seriøst, men ikke alle liker at han stiller spørsmål, og noen ønsker at han skal slutte med det - for godt. "Dødt løp" er tredje bok i serien på fire bøker om Jack Irish.