The Matriarch: The Story of 'Granny Evil' Kathy Pettingill by Adrian Tame
$19.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
Kathy Pettingill is a name that's both respected and feared, not only by Australia's criminal underworld, but by many in the Victorian police force. As the matriarch at the head of the most notorious and violent family of habitual offenders in Australian criminal history, her life has revolved around mu ...Show more
The Pretty Girl Killer by Andrew Byrne
$34.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
This is the story of Christopher Wilder- the surf-loving son of a decorated naval war hero born in the suburbs of Sydney, who became the most wanted man in America - a psychopathic serial killer who slaughtered more than sixteen young women in the USA and is the prime suspect in the infamous Australian ...Show more
The Expert Witness: Examinations of crimes, drugs and poisons by a forensic toxicologist by William Dr Allender
$32.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
Drugs and poisons from a variety of sources have been used illegally for centuries and most conjure up an unfortunate, enduring fascination. People appear to be both attracted by them and at the same time repelled by them. As a forensic toxicologist, William Allender has been called to give expert witne ...Show more
Reasonable Doubt by Xanthé Mallett
$32.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
We all put our faith in the criminal justice system. We trust the professionals: the police, the lawyers, the judges, the expert witnesses. But what happens when the process lets us down and the wrong person ends up in jail? Henry Keogh spent almost twenty years locked away for a murder that never even ...Show more
Mal Walden's Crazy Crims by Mal Walden
$24.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
We are fascinated by true crime stories.Psychologists say one of the main reasons for our obsession is that it gives us an opportunity to feel relieved when we discover someone else is the victim! But while living in a world of rapid social, political, economic, and technological change, true crime can ...Show more
Chasing Phil: The Adventures of Two Undercover FBI Agents with the World's Most Charming Con Man by David Howard
$32.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
`Christ! You guys look like a couple of Feds.' 1977, the Thunderbird Motel. J.J. Wedick and Jack Brennan - Two fresh-faced FBI agents were about to go undercover. Their target: the charismatic, globe-trotting con man Phil Kitzer, who was responsible for swindling (and spending) millions of dollars and w ...Show more
Operation Playboy by Kathryn Bonella
$34.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
This is the adrenaline-pumping story of the world's most audacious drug runners and the police hunt, 'Operation Playboy', to track them down. These drug-running playboys travel the globe: they ski in Europe, surf in Bali, hook up with celebrity models and live in five-star hotels. They are 24/7 party bo ...Show more
Once a Copper The Life and Times of Brian ‘The Skull’ Murphy by Vikki Petraitis
$29.95 AUD
Category: True Crime
Petraitis explores the many facets of The Skull's story. Starting on the mean streets of South Melbourne, to his early years as a policeman, then his fight against police corruption. Dodging crooks and corruption on both sides of the thin blue line, The Skull carefully cultivated a reputation for being ...Show more
Midnight In Sicily by Robb , Peter
$24.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
"Cola Pesce was always playing in the sea and one day his mother said in exasperation she hoped he'd turn into a fish..."Peter Robb, who lived in southern Italy for 15 years, tells the story of Sicily, its opulent coasts, its stark interior, its extraordinary art and rich food, and its layers of culture ...Show more
Smuggler: A True Story of Marijuana, the Hippie Mafia and One of America's Most Wanted International Drug Traffickers by Richard Stratton
$29.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
Richard Stratton was the unlikeliest of drug kingpins. He was a clean-cut college student who fell in love with the adrenaline high of cross-border drug trafficking after bringing two kilos of marijuana across the US border from a trip to Mexico. He never looked back. Stratton became a member of the hip ...Show more
Certain Admissions: A Beach, A Body and a Lifetime of Secrets by Gideon Haigh
$32.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
Who killed Beth Williams? On a warm evening in December 1949, two young people met by chance under the clocks at Flinders Street railway station. They decided to have a night on the town. The next morning, one of them, twenty-year-old typist Beth Williams, was found dead on Middle Park Beach. When polic ...Show more
Australia's Hardest Prison: Inside the Walls of Long Bay Jail by James Phelps
$22.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
Welcome to Long Bay, Australia's hardest prison. For the first time, guards and inmates of the notorious South Sydney facility reveal what really goes on behind its towering concrete walls. Opened in 1909, Long Bay Jail, originally a women's reformatory, has a dark and extraordinary history. From ghosts ...Show more