An Iron Rose

An Iron Rose

by PeterTemple (Author)

Synopsis

When men in police uniforms came to execute me on the roadside, beside dark fields, it was a definite sign that my new life was over.' A regular at the local pub, a mainstay of the footy team, Mac Faraday is a man with a past living the quiet life of a country blacksmith. But when his best friend Ned Lowey is found hanged, Mac - who has learned the hard way never to accept things at face value - isn't convinced he committed suicide and starts asking questions. Why did Ned keep press cuttings about the skeleton of a girl found in an old mine shaft? What was he doing at Kinross Hall, the local detention centre for juvenile girls? Who was the beaten girl found naked beside a lonely road? As Mac's search for answers pushes deeper into the past, it resurrects the terrifying spectre of what he calls his 'old life', forcing him to turn to long-discarded skills not only to discover why his best friend died, but also to save his own life.

$3.29

Save:$5.60 (63%)

Quantity

1 in stock

More Information

Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 320
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 01 Nov 2007

ISBN 10: 1847241050
ISBN 13: 9781847241054

Media Reviews
Australian crime writing is hitting new heights, thanks in no small part to Peter Temple. Pace and plot, along with a stylishly cool approach to prose push him above the rest - Daily Mirror Daily Mirror Great locations, hard-nosed dialogue and a twisting plot combine to create superb entertainment - Evening Standard [The Broken Shore] Evening Standard An Iron Rose shows just how good he is .. The laconic dialogue is terrific and the characters are brilliantly realised - Sunday Telegraph Sunday Telegraph This was my first encounter with the multi-prize-winning Australian writer Peter Temple, and the experience has left me hot on the trail of his earlier books - Guardian [In the Evil Day] The Guardian
Author Bio
Five-time winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction, Peter Temple is Australia's most acclaimed crime and thriller writer. He is the author of four Jack Irish novels: Bad Debts (1996), Black Tide (1999), Dead Point (2000) and White Dog (2003). He has also written three other standalone novels: An Iron Rose (1998), Shooting Star (1999) and In the Evil Day (2002). He lives in Ballarat, Australia, with his family.