18 must-read audiobook books like Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1) by Peter Temple

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Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1)

By: Peter Temple

4.12

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A phone message from ex-client Danny McKillop doesn't ring any bells for Jack Irish. Life is hard e…

If you liked the audiobook plot in Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1) by Peter Temple , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Hell to Pay (Hirsch, #1)

By: Garry Disher

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A modern western set in an isolated Australian bush town with a soaring crime rate, where a local c… read more

Similar categories in Garry Disher's Hell to Pay (Hirsch, #1) book and Peter Temple's Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1)

  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"The only good thing to come out of it was a kind of wisdom in Hirsch. He’d grown to understand that police officers can drift over time, and it isn’t always or entirely conscious but a loss of perspe…"

-Garry Disher, Hell to Pay (Hirsch, #1)

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2. The Dragon Man (Peninsular Crimes, #1)

By: Garry Disher

3.77

Format: 239 pages, Paperback

Meet Hal Challis, Detective for the Mornington Peninsula police force in Southeast Australia, in th… read more

Similar categories in Garry Disher's The Dragon Man (Peninsular Crimes, #1) book and Peter Temple's Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1)

  • detective
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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3. Hag-Seed

By: Margaret Atwood

3.80

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

When Felix is deposed as artistic director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival by his devious assist… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Atwood's Hag-Seed book and Peter Temple's Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1)

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"La grandeza está en la virtud, no en la venganza"

-Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed

"Suddenly revenge is so close he can actually taste it. It tastes like steak, rare."

-Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed

"But once you’ve climbed a ladder, what use is it? You kick it away, if you don’t intend to go down it again."

-Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed

"You always do good ones. We trust you, Mr. Duke," Says Dylan. Foolish lads, thinks Felix: never trust a professional ham."

-Margaret Atwood, Hag-Seed

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4. Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1)

By: Peter Temple

4.12

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A phone message from ex-client Danny McKillop doesn't ring any bells for Jack Irish. Life is hard e… read more

Similar categories in Peter Temple's Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1) book and Peter Temple's Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1)

  • detective
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Scrublands (Martin Scarsden, #1) by Chris Hammer

5. Scrublands (Martin Scarsden, #1)

By: Chris Hammer

3.96

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

In an isolated country town brought to its knees by endless drought, a charismatic and dedicated yo… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hammer's Scrublands (Martin Scarsden, #1) book and Peter Temple's Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1)

  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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6. Treasure & Dirt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #1)

By: Chris Hammer

4.07

Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition

An unputdownable thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands. In the desolate outback tow… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hammer's Treasure & Dirt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #1) book and Peter Temple's Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1)

  • detective
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. Day's End (Hirsch, #4)

By: Garry Disher

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Hirsch’s rural beat is wide. Daybreak to day’s end, dirt roads and dust. Every problem that besets … read more

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  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Tilt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #2) by Chris Hammer

8. The Tilt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #2)

By: Chris Hammer

4.29

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A man runs for his life in a forest. A woman plans sabotage. A body is unearthed. Newly-minted… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hammer's The Tilt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #2) book and Peter Temple's Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1)

  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3) by Chris Hammer

9. The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3)

By: Chris Hammer

4.23

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Tilt. Chris Hammer's… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hammer's The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3) book and Peter Temple's Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1)

  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. Sanctuary

By: Garry Disher

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A thrilling new standalone set in regional SA, from one of Australia's most esteemed crime authors.… read more

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  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. The In-Between

By: Christos Tsiolkas

3.70

Format: 400 pages, ebook

The tender, sensual and moving new novel from the award-winning and bestselling author of The Slap … read more

Similar categories in Christos Tsiolkas's The In-Between book and Peter Temple's Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1)

  • australia
  • fiction
"There was respite in history. The beligerence and intolerance of the contemporary age was of no consequence to the past. And there was no shouting."

-Christos Tsiolkas, The In-Between

Cover of Broken Bay (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti, #3) by Margaret Hickey

12. Broken Bay (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti, #3)

By: Margaret Hickey

4.06

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Old loyalties and decades-long feuds rise to the surface in this stunning crime novel, set in a spe… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Hickey's Broken Bay (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti, #3) book and Peter Temple's Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1)

  • detective
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Trust (Martin Scarsden, #3) by Chris Hammer

13. Trust (Martin Scarsden, #3)

By: Chris Hammer

4.05

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

He violated her past and haunts her present. Now he's threatening their future. She breathes deep… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hammer's Trust (Martin Scarsden, #3) book and Peter Temple's Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1)

  • detective
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Silver (Martin Scarsden, #2) by Chris Hammer

14. Silver (Martin Scarsden, #2)

By: Chris Hammer

4.01

Format: 576 pages, Paperback

For half a lifetime, journalist Martin Scarsden has run from his past. But now there is no escaping… read more

Similar categories in Chris Hammer's Silver (Martin Scarsden, #2) book and Peter Temple's Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1)

  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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15. Under the Cold Bright Lights

By: Garry Disher

3.99

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

The young detectives call Alan Auhl a retread, but that doesn’t faze him. He does things his own wa… read more

Similar categories in Garry Disher's Under the Cold Bright Lights book and Peter Temple's Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1)

  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. The Way It Is Now

By: Garry Disher

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Set in a beach-shack town an hour from Melbourne, The Way It Is Now tells the story of a burnt-out … read more

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  • detective
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Consolation (Hirsch, #3) by Garry Disher

17. Consolation (Hirsch, #3)

By: Garry Disher

4.16

Format: 393 pages, Paperback

Winter in Tiverton. Constable Paul Hirschhausen has a snowdropper on his patch. Someone is steal… read more

Similar categories in Garry Disher's Consolation (Hirsch, #3) book and Peter Temple's Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1)

  • detective
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Peace (Hirsch, #2) by Garry Disher

18. Peace (Hirsch, #2)

By: Garry Disher

4.20

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

Constable Paul Hirschhausen runs a one-cop station in the dry farming country south of the Flinders… read more

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  • detective
  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. Body of Lies (Gemma Woodstock #4)

By: Sarah Bailey

3.91

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

DS Gemma Woodstock returns to Smithson in a mysterious new thriller from the bestselling author of … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Bailey's Body of Lies (Gemma Woodstock #4) book and Peter Temple's Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1)

  • australia
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Love & Pain : The Epic Times and Crooked Lines of Life Inside and Outside Silverchair by Ben Gillies

20. Love & Pain : The Epic Times and Crooked Lines of Life Inside and Outside Silverchair

By: Ben Gillies

4.11

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The powerful, untold story of two of the three members of iconic Australian band Silverchair. It… read more

Similar categories in Ben Gillies's Love & Pain : The Epic Times and Crooked Lines of Life Inside and Outside Silverchair book and Peter Temple's Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1)

  • australia
  • audiobook
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21. The Son of Man

By: Jean-Baptiste Del Amo

3.71

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the “extraordinary” Animalia ( Sunday Times ), winner of the Republic of Conscio… read more

Similar categories in Jean-Baptiste Del Amo's The Son of Man book and Peter Temple's Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1)

  • fiction

20 Top fiction books like Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1) by Peter Temple

Transform Your Habits

Hell to Pay (Hirsch, #1)

Garry Disher

4.04

Transform Your Habits

The Dragon Man (Peninsular Crimes, #1)

Garry Disher

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Hag-Seed

Margaret Atwood

3.80

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Bad Debts (Jack Irish, #1)

Peter Temple

4.12

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19 must-read fiction books like Consolation (Hirsch, #3) by Garry Disher

Transform Your Habits

Treasure & Dirt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #1)

Chris Hammer

4.07

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The Tilt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #2)

Chris Hammer

4.29

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The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3)

Chris Hammer

4.23

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Paradise (DS Walker, #2)

Patricia Wolf

4.29

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