Meet Jack Irish, criminal lawyer, debt collector, football lover, turf watcher, trainee cabinetmaker, and the best Australian crime character we ve seen in years. When Jack receives a puzzling message from a jailed ex-client, he s too deep in misery over Fitzroy s latest loss to take much notice. Next thing Jack knows, the ex-client s dead and he s been drawn into a life-threatening investigation involving high-level corruption, dark sexual secrets, shonky property deals, and murder. With hitmen after him, shady ex-policemen at every turn, and the body count rising, Jack needs to find out what s going on and fast. An utterly compelling and topical crime tale, Bad Debts has everything humour, action, suspense, and an unforgettable cast of characters. One of the world s most respected literary crime novelists The Independent"