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Peter Temple was born in South Africa in 1946, and emigrated to Australia in 1980. He published nine novels, including four books in the Jack Irish series. He won the Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction five times, and his widely acclaimed novels were published in over twenty countries. The Broken Shore won the UK's prestigious Duncan Lawrie Dagger for the best crime novel of 2007 and Truth won the 2010 Miles Franklin Literary Award, the first time a crime writer had won an award of this calibre anywhere in the world. The Jack Irish series was adapted for TV with Guy Pearce in the lead role. Peter Temple died on 8 March 2018.Temple is a master, and The Broken Shore is a masterful book.
- John Harvey,
The Broken Shore is the best debut novel I've read this year.
- Harlan Coben,
The Broken Shore is a great discovery; a gripping tale from a writer who assuredly takes the reader to places never been before.
- Michael Connelly,
One of the most admired thrillers in recent memory.
- John Lanchester,
Peter Temple is an addiction. Read one book and you want to read them all. Now.
- Val McDermid,
Peter Temple is deservedly the leading light of Australian crime fiction. The Broken Shore is a wonderful novel . . . this is crime writing at its very best, and discovering Peter Temple has been the highlight of my year.
- Mark Billingham,
A towering achievement that brings alive a ferocious landscape and a motley assortment of clashing characters. Indispensible.
Guardian
It's a stone classic . . . read page one and I challenge you not to finish it.
Independent on Sunday
The first of Peter Temple's books to be published in the UK and at last we can see why he is acclaimed as one of Australia's leading crime writers . . . This is a very fine book.
Sunday Telegraph
It's hard to know where to start praising this book. Plot, style, setting and characters are all startlingly good.
Sydney Morning Herald
Temple's work is spare, deeply ironic; his wit, like the local beer, as cold as a dental anaesthetic.
Australian