Murder, Misadventure and Miserable Ends: Tales from a Colonial Coroner's Court by Catie Gilchrist
$35.00 AUD
Category: True Crime
Murder, manslaughter, suicide, mishap - the very public business of determining death in colonial Sydney. Murder in colonial Sydney was a surprisingly rare occurrence, so when it did happen it caused a great sensation. People flocked to the scene of the crime, to the coroner's court and to the criminal ...Show more
I Catch Killers: The Life and Many Deaths of a Homicide Detective by Jubelin, Gary
$34.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
Serial killings, child abductions, organised crime hits and domestic murders. This is the memoir of a homicide detective. Here I am: tall and broad, shaved head, had my nose broken three times fighting. Black suit, white shirt, the big city homicide detective. I've led investigations into serial killing ...Show more
Public Enemies: Ray Denning, Russell (Maddog) Cox an the Golden Age of Armed Robbery by Mark Dapin
$32.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
The gripping and revealing inside story of Australia's most notorious armed robbers.
On the Trail of the Serpent: The Life and Crimes of Charles Sobhraj by Julie Clarke
$19.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER - REVISITED AND REVISED Soon to be the subject of a major TV series Charles Sobhraj remains one of the world's great con men, and as a serial killer, the story of his life and capture endures as legend. Born in Vietnam to a Vietnamese mother and Indian father, Sobhraj grew up wit ...Show more
The Devil You Know by Gwen Adshead
$32.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
From a pioneering psychiatrist and psychotherapist comes The Devil You Know, a perspective-shattering work into the minds of violent criminals which reveals profound consequences for human nature and society at large. As a forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist, you could say I am a student of evil. ...Show more
The Ballroom Murder by Leigh Straw
$32.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
The Ballroom Murder is a true crime story that gripped Perth nearly 100 years ago, and demonstrates the power of the press and privilege in an extraordinary judicial outcome.In August 1925, Audrey Jacob shot dead her former fiance, Cyril Gidley, in full view of hundreds of guests at a charity ball in Pe ...Show more
Badness: From the author of the number one bestselling crime book I CATCH KILLERS by Gary Jubelin
$34.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
The sequel to the #1 Bestseller, I Catch Killers In the cops we call it Badness, for the evil that we cannot understand. And yet I have to face it. Over 34 years in the police, I grew used to sitting on one side of the interview room table, facing murderers, child abductors and rapists. Now I have ...Show more
Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins (Legend film tie-in) by John Pearson
$22.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
The classic, bestselling account of the infamous Kray twins which will be brought to the main screen this autumn as Legend, a film directed by Academy Award winner Brian Helgeland and starring Tom Hardy. Also published as 'The Profession of Violence'. Reggie and Ronnie Kray ruled London's gangland durin ...Show more
Roger Rogerson - From decorated policeman to convicted criminal - The Inside Story by Duncan McNab
$32.99 AUD
Category: True Crime | Reading Level: very good
The verdict is guilty. As soon as legally possible, Hachette Australia will publish a gripping account of former New South Wales police officer, Roger Rogerson, who, along with another former police officer, Glen McNamara, has been found guilty of the cold blooded murder of 20-year-old Jamie Gao, and th ...Show more
Murder at Dusk - How US Soldier and Psychopath Eddie Leonski Terrorised Wartime Melbourne by Ian W. Shaw
$32.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
Far away from any World War II battlefront, the citizens of Melbourne lived in fear of a serial killer - the Brownout Strangler. May 1942: Melbourne was torn between fearing Japanese invasion and revelling in the carnival atmosphere brought by the influx of 15,000 cashed-up American servicemen. But tho ...Show more
Anita Cobby: The Crime That Shocked the Nation by Alan Whiticker
$19.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
The abduction, rape and murderof 26 year old nurse Anita Cobbyin the Western Sydney suburb ofBlacktown in February 1986 shockedhardened detectives, the widercommunity and ultimately the entirenation.That five young men from adjoiningsuburbs were responsible localthieves and hoods with nothing to fear or ...Show more
One Punch: The Tragic Toll of Random Acts of Violence by Barry Dickins
$29.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
In One Punch Barry Dickins reflects on the many types of violence that can now affect everyday life. In his heartfelt exploration of the subject, Barry talks to many of the people whom this violence impacts, including the parents of children who have been killed, professionals in the justice system, and ...Show more