Imagined crossover · Private eyes
What if Jack Irish met Aaron Falk?
Melbourne’s lost causes. Two quiet, damaged Victorians who stay with a case long after everyone else has given up.
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The pair
Jack IrishFormer criminal lawyer turned debt collector and gamblerBy Peter Temple · Jack Irish · first in Bad Debts
Aaron FalkAustralian Federal Police financial crimes investigatorBy Jane Harper · Aaron Falk · first in The Dry
Chemistry8/10
Friction4/10
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Where and when
Melbourne and country Victoria
The 2010s
The story
- How they might meet
- A missing man Jack Irish is hired to find has been moving money through a country town that the AFP’s financial investigator knows all too well.
- Why they would work
- Two quiet, damaged Victorians who stay with a case long after everyone else has given up.
- What each brings
- Jack knows Melbourne’s pubs, racecourses and barristers. Falk knows how money moves and how small towns keep their secrets.
- Where they would clash
- Jack’s methods are informal and sometimes illegal. Falk is a federal agent who would prefer not to know.
Strengths compared
Jack Irish Aaron Falk
Our own ratings out of 10, for fun.
On the page together
The years in which each character's books were published.
Read your way in
Start with each character's first appearance.
- Bad DebtsPeter Temple · 1996 · Jack Irish's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
- The DryJane Harper · 2016 · Aaron Falk's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
