Dead Point
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9781863252225
Description: As Melbourne descends into a cold wet winter, Jack Irish's mood is on the same trajectory. The woman in his life has reconnected with an old love object. He has just seen a massive plunge lost, achampion horse put down. Hijackers have robbed and brutally beaten on of the gambling team. So it's not suprising that Jack is distraced from the job he's being paid to do: find Robbie Colburne, occasional barman. And when Jack does get serious, he discovers that Colburne is of great intrest to some powerful people - people with bad habits and a lack of respect for the criminal justice system. Any lapse in concertration could prove fatal. -- back cover.