Jack Irish is a man getting his life back together again. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, apprentice cabinet maker, punter and sometime lover - the complete man really. Jack is an expert in finding those who don't want to be found - dead or alive. He helps out his mates while avoiding the past. That is until the past finds him.

Le Roi Louis XIV cherche à devenir immortel. Pour cela, il va voler la force de vie d'une sirène, mais ce projet va être compromis par l'apparition de sa fille illégitime.