02-16-2026, 09:43 AM
Black Tide by Peter Temple
More with lawyer Jack Irish down in Melbourne. I'm really liking this Jack Irish fella despite getting lost in the plot. Or plots. There were 3 plots going on with a wealth of characters that I couldn't keep straight. Plus there is a lot of Australian slang to keep me on my toes. In the main plot, Jack needs to find Des's son Gary to find all the money stole from Des, so Des doesn't lose his house. Unfortunately, Gary has disappeared, on the run from an international group of very bad people that don't mind killing people to cover their tracks. In one of the subplots, Jack is still working with his horse racing pals to make money by finding unknown horses to bet on. Unfortunately, they go up against a group that might be fixing races via threats to the jockeys. This was the story I had the hardest time keeping straight. And finally, there is all the time Jack spends building furniture as part of his side hustle. The author clearly knows his carpentry because a lot of his descriptions about joinery are spot on.
This might be the last one I read because this the last one in the series the library has.
More with lawyer Jack Irish down in Melbourne. I'm really liking this Jack Irish fella despite getting lost in the plot. Or plots. There were 3 plots going on with a wealth of characters that I couldn't keep straight. Plus there is a lot of Australian slang to keep me on my toes. In the main plot, Jack needs to find Des's son Gary to find all the money stole from Des, so Des doesn't lose his house. Unfortunately, Gary has disappeared, on the run from an international group of very bad people that don't mind killing people to cover their tracks. In one of the subplots, Jack is still working with his horse racing pals to make money by finding unknown horses to bet on. Unfortunately, they go up against a group that might be fixing races via threats to the jockeys. This was the story I had the hardest time keeping straight. And finally, there is all the time Jack spends building furniture as part of his side hustle. The author clearly knows his carpentry because a lot of his descriptions about joinery are spot on.
This might be the last one I read because this the last one in the series the library has.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm