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Another 12 Crimes That Shocked the Nation (New Holland - Pearson)
By Alan J. Whiticker
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These riveting Australian stories cover over 100 years of infamous crimes.

ISBN 1741104943

Australian Crime - Chilling Tales of Our Time (New Holland - Pearson 2004)
By Malcolm Brown
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Provides a wide-ranging picture of major crime in Australia. This book presents an account of the changing nature of crime through the years, case-by-case look at some of the events in our history.

In this excellent edition of an old favourite, mentioned criminals include hanged drug couriers Barlow and Chambers, Eric Cooke, John Wayne Glover aka the 'Granny Killer', Abe Saffran, the notorious Sydney criminal Arthur Stanley 'Neddy' Smith 'Squizzy' Taylor and bushranger Fred Ward aka 'Captain Thunderbolt'. Other chapters include stories on the murder of Griffith anti-drugs campaigner Donald Mackay, the 1988 Walsh St police shootings and the suspects which included Victor Peirce, other members of the Pettingill crime clan and their friends and associates, the Truro murders, the battle for the Melbourne waterfront, the Great bookie Robbery, the Whiskey Au Go Go bombing, Adelaide's history of serial killings, the Croatian bombings, the Pressler case, the hunt for Larry Boy, former Melbourne 'Godfather' Domenico Italiano, the abduction and murder of children, the Rainbird and other murders, the Bank of Australia robbery in the 1820s and a time when bushrangers 'held Van Dieman's Land to ransom'.

ISBN 1741102332

The Australian Crime File (Five Mile Press - Bookwise 2005)
By Paul B. Kidd
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Paul Kidd's collection of over 90 case studies which cross the full spectrum of Australian crime.

From high profile murder cases to the lesser known macabre and unusual crimes. These case studies come from all over Australia and also include the macabre tale of the Kingsgrove Slasher, the horrific case of Queensland's Carbon Copy Killer, Adelaide's Sex Goddess case, Frankston's Serial Killer and the bizarre case of Ziggy Pohl who did ten years in jail for a murder he did not commit. 

ISBN 9781741247930

The Australian Crime File 2 (Five Mile Press- Bookwise)
By Paul B. Kidd
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More stories from the biggest-ever collection of Australian true crime.

From the annals of our criminal history - and as featured on Paul B. Kidd's top-rating radio segment 'Crime File' - comes another collection of Australian true crime stories, from high-profile murder cases to crimes of the macabre and bizarre.

These include:

• Aland Bond - Crook or Hero?
• Azaria - How Could They Have Got It So Wrong?
• Jockey Smith - Cop Hater
• Rosaleen Norton - The Wicked Witch of Kings Cross
• Celluloid Serial Killers - The History of Serial Killers in the Movies
• The Joke - The Crimes of Sir Terence Lewis, Police Commissioner

Read these, and many more Crime Files, in this second volume of the extremely successful series of Australian true crime stories by Paul B. Kidd. This is a must for every true crime fan.

ISBN 9781741782530

Australian Outlaw: The True Story of Postcard Bandit Brenden Abbott (Sly Ink - Gary Allen 2006)
By Derek Pedley
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Brenden James Abbott…Bank robber. Fugitive. Womaniser. Comedian. Con man. Chameleon.

How the Postcard Bandit put his stamp on Australia…and paid the price.

'The jail has intercepted a copy of a book mailed to Brendan Abbott…the Department is examining it to determine what impact it may have on staff, the safety and good order of the centre, and on his victims. We do not allow literature which encourages prisoners to plan and carry out escapes in our prisons, nor do we want literature which gives prisoners information about how to commit crimes. It is unlikely that this book will ever be allowed into Queensland prisons.' - From a Media Statement by Judy Spence, Queensland Minister for Police and Corrective Services, August 2006.

ISBN 9780977544011

Australia's Serial Killers (Pan Macmillan 2000)
By Paul B. Kidd
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First published in 2000, this edition of Australia's Serial Killers has been fully revised and updated with the addition of six new chapters covering such notorious new cases as The Snowtown murders and the Capricorn Killer.

A recognised authority on Australia's most notorious criminals, Paul B Kidd covers in unwavering detail 33 true stories of serial murder. In this gallery of infamy are world renowned killers the likes of the Night Caller, The Granny Killer, Ivan Milat, Kathleen Folbigg and the Snowtown murderers.

Sixteen years in the researching, this comprehensive and ambitious work includes psychological opinions, courtroom trials, detailed confessions, and exclusive prison interviews with three of Australia's most infamous serial killers.

"Australia's Serial Killers represents the first fully comprehensive survey ever published on Australian serial murderers. It is a necessary addition to every Australian true crime enthusiast's library." (Professor Paul Wilson, Criminologist)

ISBN 9781405037716

The Beat: A True Account of the Bondi Gay Murders (Five Mile Press- Bookwise)
By I.J. Fenn
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In June 2001, 12 years after television newsreader, Ross Warrren, disappeared following an evening out with friends in Sydney, a police operation was set up to reinvestigate the disappearance. What this new investigation uncovered was to prove far more interesting than the anticipated 'missing persons' case.

This was only the starting point for Operation Taradale, which quickly turned into a horrifying saga of multipe murders committed mostly within a few hundred metres of each other - in Marks Park, the beat, the scrubby, rocking headland between Bondi and Tamarama. 

I.J. Fenn moves the story along with the pace of a detective thriller. Telephones are tapped, surveillance operations put in place, crime scenes re-enacted to ignite media interest and arrests are made. The Beat is an ugly story about ugly people committing ugly crimes. This is a disturbing book, but you will not be able to put it down.

ISBN 9781741782516

Big Shots: The Chilling Inside Story of Carl Williams and the Gangland Wars (Penguin - Pearson 2007)
By Adam Shand
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In 2003 Shand, until then a financial journalist, naively set out to unravel Melbourne's bloody gangland wars.

A few months' research, a guaranteed cover story. But his foray into the underworld took him deeper than that. Before long, he found himself counted as a friend by those who sometimes ended friendships with a hail of bullets.

Big Shots takes the reader into the heart of the city's multi-billion dollar 'disorganised crime' scene, as Shand meets key figures and suspects, including Carl and Roberta Williams, Mick Gatto, and many others.

He discovers the human drama behind the brutal slaying's that were splashed across the front pages, and in the process comes to question his objectivity. And even whether he is being used to further the players' murderous ends.

ISBN 9780670040711

Blind Justice (Allen and Unwin 1998)
By Robin Bowles
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On 14 November 1984 Laurie Tanner comes home to his farmhouse in country Victoria and finds Jenny, his wife, dead, her hand wrapped around the barrel of a bolt-action rifle. Her death was viewed as suicide. In 1996 Robin Bowles, a Melbourne company director, opens her Sunday paper and reads about a special taskforce that has been set up to re-investigate the circumstances surrounding Jenny's death after the discovery of human remains in a mineshaft near the property where Jenny died.

Deeply puzzled by the mass of anomalies in the case Robin goes looking for answers. How, for instance, could Jenny have shot herself twice in the brain - after shooting both her hands first? Since there was no note nor proof of intention, could the findings from the original postmortem have been influenced by other parties? And was Jenny's death connected to the body in the disused mine?

What unfolds is a true-life detective story, a bizarre tangle of police bungles, cover-ups and family intrigue.

Blind Justice is one woman's search for the truth that will keep you guessing way past the end.

ISBN 9781864488586

Bloodstain (Allen and Unwin 2002)
By Peter Lalor
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The true story of Katherine Knight, the mother and abattoir worker who became Australia's worst female killer. A must for true crime fans.

'There are murders and there are murders. There are bodies and there are bodies, and then there's what lies waiting behind the front door of the little brick house with its blinds drawn and air conditioner droning on, working against the oppressive Hunter Valley heat. A glimpse into the dark, cockroach corners of the soul. A lot of the blokes at the scene that day will never be the same.'

On 29 February 2000, Katherine Knight committed an unspeakable act. A mother of four and a grandmother, she seduced and then stabbed John Price 37 times. A former abattoir worker, she skinned him. A loving partner, she cooked him with vegetables, making a soup with his head. Made gravy. Left him on plates for his family. Why? Pricey was her de facto and he wanted out. She didn't like that.

People said that most of the time Katherine Knight seemed normal ... until she got angry. She was judged to be legally sane when she committed a crime so horrible that the media shied away from the detail.

Journalist Peter Lalor covered the trial and wanted to know what made Knight go way over the borderline. In this unflinching account he uncovers the layers of her dysfunction, opening the door of 84 St Andrews Street and taking us into the lives of Knight's ex-partners, her family and the locals of Aberdeen, NSW.

Katherine Knight is currently the only woman serving a life sentence in Australia. She is never to be released.

Awards
Winner 2003: Ned Kelly Awards for Australian Crime Writing in the Best True Crime category.

About Peter Lalor
Peter Lalor has been with the Daily Telegraph since 1994 where he is a senior feature writer and sports columnist, as well as producing a regular beer column. He has covered numerous major stories for the paper, including the Sydney Olympics, and did a stint on Christmas Island during the Tampa crisis. Born and raised in Bendigo, he has worked for the Sunday Observer, the Sunday Age and the Sun News Pictorial and did a stint in radio as a writer-producer.

ISBN 9781865088785

Bloodstain: The Vanishing of Peter Falconio (New Holland - Pearson 2006)
By Richard Shears
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Through numerous sources in the police force and local indigenous communities, Bloodstain is the most in-depth analysis of the Falconio trial. Richard Shears is the only journalist who has interviewed the parents of Brad Murdoch, the South Australian drug-runner accused of Falconio's murder. Before the trial Shears studied the crime scene with local aboriginal trackers and helped highlight the glaring contradictions in the court's evidence. He was also uniquely privy to police reports and witnesses' statements in the build up to the trial. Bloodstain reveals the changing testimony of key witnesses, Joanne Lees' secret affair before Falconio's disappearance, the mystery of the bloodstains and the conflicting evidence upon which the whole trial was based.

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ISBN 1741103223

Bloody Relations: 'Murder- in-the-Family' cases (Penguin - Pearson)
By John  Kerr
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It can take years for love to turn to murderous hate; or it can happen overnight. What drives a man or woman to commit the ultimate betrayal - to take the life of a parent, a child, a sibling, a lover? Bloody Relations is an unflinching exploration of fourteen well known and not so well known murder-in-the-family cases. Taking readers inside the life and mind of both killer and victim, John Kerr unfolds the gripping stories behind some of Australia's most sensational and shocking crimes. Why did Rory Thompson kill and dismember his wife? Why did Kathleen Folbigg kill her four young children? How can an ordinary son from an ordinary family, like Sef Gonzales or Matthew Wales, suddenly explode with murderous rage and destroy the people closest to him? These are devastating stories of secrets, revenge, rage and heartbreak. They make for compelling reading.

ISBN 9780143005490 230

Bombs, Guns and Knives: Violent Crime in Australia (New Holland - Pearson 2000)
Edited by Malcolm Brown
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"When he opened fire, the diners, crammed into a confined space, had little chance of escaping. Bryant fired at forty of them, aiming at heads and necks, killing twenty and wounding twelve others."

"At 12.30 am, a Sydney City Council garbage truck picked up the contents of a rubbish bin outside the Hilton Hotel's George Street entrance... The driver felt a puff of wind, saw an orange flash and heard a thunderous explosion."

"Police had intelligence that bikie gangs were amassing huge arsenals of weapons, including hand grenades, rocket-launchers, land mines and machine-guns. The intelligence indicated that there were plans by the bikie clubs to rationalise, to reduce the number of clubs from twenty-two to six by the year 2000."

"The ghastly spectacle of the Backpacker Murders, 1989-1992, when seven young people were abducted, ravaged, murdered and left to rot in a state forest, left many people sad and soulful."

This book is about violence. It is about bombs - the heavy artillery of the criminal world - which shatter peace, and lives, and individuals, often indiscriminately. It is about guns, without which such atrocities as the Port Arthur and Strathfield massacres would not have occurred. And it is about knives which, when all else fails, are the ultimate resort of the villain.

Malcolm Brown, author of Australian Crime: Chilling Tales of Our Time and Rorting: The Great Australian Crime, has been the top crime writer for the Sydney Morning Herald for over twenty years. In Bombs, Guns and Knives, he heads a team of leading investigative journalists to provide an enthralling account of the nature of violent crime in this country.

ISBN 9781864366686

Bondi Badlands (Allen and Unwin 2007)
By Greg Callaghan
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A grittily compelling look at a series of brutal murders that took place in Sydney's eastern beachside suburbs in the 1980s - this is the extraordinary story of the crimes, the victims, the gangs and the policeman who refused to close the case.

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A thrilling and compelling story of a horrific series of crimes and one man's single-minded resolve to bring the killers to justice.

With blood stains on the walkway and screams often heard late at night, the long concrete pathway skirting the cliff face between the beaches of Bondi and Tamarama in Sydney's Eastern suburbs was dubbed the Bondi Badlands - and it was here in the late 1980s that a handful of young men were dragged to their deaths after nightfall.

The slow road to an overdue justice began when Detective Sergeant Stephen Page read a series of letters from a distraught mother of one of the victims. Painstakingly piecing together the dark mural of the murders, he revived the police investigation into the deaths, code-named Operation Taradale.

Told with all the excitement and pace of a crime thriller, this story of the Bondi Badlands murders is unputdownable.

About Greg Callaghan
In a career spanning more than 20 years, Greg Callaghan has written for most of the major newspapers and magazines in Australia. He is currently a senior editor on The Weekend Australian Magazine, and writes for The Australian newspaper. Greg has taught feature and news writing at the tertiary level, has an MA in Media, and is the co-author of Men: Inside Out.

ISBN 9781741146196

Broken Lives (Hardie-Grant - Pan Macmillan)
By Estelle Blackburn
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From 1958 to 1963 the formerly friendly country town of Perth was transformed into
the hunting ground of one of Australia’s most vicious serial killers.  Eric Edgar Cooke, driven by his fantasies and delusions, commited a series of crimes that would shock and horrify the nation.  During a five year spree of shootings, stabbings, stranglings and sexual perversions Cooke either murdered or attempted to murder 22 people. Broken Lives tells not only  the story of  this home grown serial killer but gives voice to the victims and reveals the failures and successes of the police dedicated to tracking him down.
WINNER OF THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST TRUE CRIME BOOK. WINNER OF THE WALKLEY AWARD FOR MOST OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO JOURNALISM

The Brotherhoods - Updated (Allen and Unwin 2003)
By Arthur Veno
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Riding like there's no tomorrow on the open road, the wind in your face, handling a powerful and responsive machine - you can't get that sort of freedom in a car. Bikies consider themselves "the last free people in society", unconstrained by the regulations that rule ordinary citizens. And they guard their privacy jealously.

Arthur Veno's account of bikie culture is as close to firsthand as is ever likely to be published. Australia's leading expert on the bikie scene, Veno reveals the true picture of the brotherhoods. Drawing on in-depth interviews and personal stories, along with meticulous research, he explains the rules and rituals of becoming a club member, tells of landmark incidents in bikie folklore, profiles some famous biker identities and, in the final chapter, takes off with the Gypsy Jokers on their controversial New Year run in Western Australia.

Professor Arthur Veno was born in the US and has lived in Australia since 1974. Most recently director of Monash University's Centre for Police and Justice Studies, Veno has studied the clubs for seventeen years. But he's no ordinary academic - he attends club nights, field days and runs, and counts members of the Gypsy Jokers, Hell's Angels and Coffin Cheaters as his friends (they call him the Mad Professor). Veno now grows trees on his farm in rural Victoria, and is a consultant to various groups on human rights and criminal justice issues, as well - of course - as the bikie clubs.

ISBN 9781741141375

Brothers in Arms (Allen and Unwin 2001)
By Lindsay Simpson and Sandra Harvey
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Father's Day 1984: seven people die in a blaze of gunfire on a sunny afternoon in a hotel car park. Among the dead, a fifteen-year-old girl caught in the crossfire when two heavily-armed bikie gangs, the Comancheros and the Bandidos, clash. Brothers in Arms tells the extraordinary story of this murderous outbreak, from its vicious beginnings in the closed world of Sydney's motorcycle gangs to its inevitable end in death and imprisonment.

ISBN 9781865085012

Brutal: Surviving Westbrook Boys Home (New Holland - Pearson)
By Al 'Crow' Fletcher
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A horrifying but true story of life in State institutions for children in Australia.

“I drew my knees up and huddled in the corner. ‘How the hell did I get myself into this mess?’ I kept askin’ myself.”
Brutal is every boy's worst nightmare, come true for Al 'Crow' Fletcher.
It is the harrowing, true story of life inside one of Queensland’s most feared institutions for orphaned, disadvantaged and Aboriginal youth.
Thousands of children spent their formative years in fear and misery. All were scarred by the experience. Some perished. Many ‘graduated’ to adult institutions.
Crow Fletcher survived to tell his tale.
This is it.

Foreword by Senator Andrew Murray, Senator for Western Australia.

ISBN 1741104165

Call Me Jimmy: The Life and Death of Jockey Smith (Sly Ink - Gary Allen 2003)
By Damian Boyle
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Jockey Smith feared police would shoot him. He was right...James Edward "Jockey" Smith was a little battler who loved horses, his mother and robbing banks. After a dashing escape from prison, he became Australia's most wanted man. When police finally cornered him, he feared for his life. He lived to serve his sentence, but next time he was on the run he wasn't so lucky... 

ISBN 9780957912113

Careers in Crime (Pan Macmillan 2007)
By Michael Weinberg
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Careers in Crime: An Applicant's Guide answers all the nagging questions about how the other half works, and actually ranks 50 real-world criminal occupations.

Covering time-honoured favourites like hit man, fence, and pimp, as well as emerging growth fields like spammer and identity thief, Careers in Crime dishes the sinfully delicious inside scoop on compensation and rewards, stresses and hazards, enforcement and penalties and work environment. A host of charts, graphs and other "killer" visuals deepen the deadpan effect of this CareerSpeak classic. An irresistibly humorous read for Sopranos and Alias fans, the mother lode for true crime buffs and the ultimate gag gift for disheartened job seekers.

"Suppose you get that overdue promotion to hit man. The hours are great, the perks are generous, and there's plenty of room for advancement. Yet, if you are unaccustomed to strict deadlines, frequent law enforcement interactions, and severe sentencing risks, you may be miserable." (Careers in Crime)

ISBN 9780740757082

Caught Out! (New Holland - Pearson)
By Wendy Lewis
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Fraud, illicit affairs, deception, backhanders, injustice, lies..these are the people who got Caught Out! All the scandals that stopped the nation are here.

Do you remember the chase for Skase? What about the millions that One.Tel lost, the Wheat Board backhanders to Saddam or footballer Wayne Carey caught with his pants down with his best mate's wife?

ISBN 9781741106466

Celluloid Serial Killers (Five Mile Press- Bookwise)
By Paul B. Kidd
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A unique and compelling guide to serial killer movies and their true-life counterparts.

Australia's most popular true crime author, Paul B. Kidd, presents cinema's classic serial killer movies and introduces the real killers who inspired some of our worst nightmares.

• Ivan Milat
• Hannibal Lecter
• Tedy Bundy
• Norman Bates
• Ed Gein
• Aileen 'Monster' Wuornos
• Son of Sam
• Jack the Ripper

Complete with movie posters and real-life photos of the murderers, this comprehensive book is a must-have for all cinema devotees and true crime buffs.

ISBN 9781741784725

The Chopper Series of Books by Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read (Sly Ink - Gary Allen)

Chopper 1 - 11 OR Chopper - The Collection (Editions 1 - 11)
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Melbourne's most decorated gangster (or former gangster) takes us through his thoughtful memoirs on...well...everything.

Chopper 11 - Last Man Standing (Sly Ink - Gary Allen 2007)
By Mark Read
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Read reflects on the Melbourne gangland war and how he has survived through years of similar bloodthirsty battles. If you already own this title, you may want to purchase our set of the first ten Chopper books elsewhere on this page.

The Chopper series continues to be a best selling phenomenon in the Australian true crime genre. With Chopper 11 – Last Man Standing Mark Brandon Read takes you on another rollercoaster ride with his unique brand of criminal thought, intent and action through recollections on his amazing life.

Laced with black humour, and a wisdom born from gritty experience Chopper Read again raises the standing of the true crime genre. Love him or hate him he is a born entertainer.

ISBN 9780977544042

Cops: True Stories from Australian police (Five Mile Press- Bookwise 2005)
By Vikki Petraitis
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From the bizarre to the brutal to the unbelievable, truth is often stranger than fiction, as these fascinating true stories testify.

Vikki Petraitis has spent hundreds of hours interviewing police - and even accompanying them on active duty - to compile this collection of stories from the frontline of policing.

Police officers from many fields of service, from Fingerprints, Search and Rescue to Homicide, have told her some of their 'best stories' - the ones that were out of the ordinary, the ones they'll never forget. The result is a riveting collection of real-life Australian dramas.

These include:

• The 'black widow' Gina Agostinelli, from the small town of Millicent, South Australia, who reported her husband Angelo missing after an argument
• The perilous retrieval of an experienced woman diver's body from a sunken submarine
• The capture and conviction of a brutal child rapist
• The moving story of the search for a middle-aged industrial relations commissioner lost in the Victorian high country with no food - and a head injury.

In each case the police concerned have achieved results by dedication, teamwork and sometimes at great personal danger.

ISBN 9781741246087

Court In The Middle (Hardie-Grant - Pan Macmillan 2007)
By Andrew Fraser
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From 1975 to 2001, Andrew Fraser was a leading criminal solicitor with a successful national practice.

And then it all went horribly wrong. In 1999 he was charged with being knowingly concerned with the importation of a commercial quantity of cocaine. Fraser pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing and to using cocaine over a period of time. He also pleaded guilty to trafficking a small quantity of cocaine to a friend and to possessing two ecstasy tablets. He was sentenced to seven years in prison with a minimum of five years to serve, including three years in maximum security.

Fraser was released on 11 September 2006.

Court in the Middle is the story of the redemption of the former high-flying lawyer, Andrew Fraser. It covers:

• The early years – growing up in a family of lawyers.
• Running hard to build a criminal law practice.
• The successful years, with a national practice and defending high profile, sometimes notorious clients including Allan Bond, Laurie Connell, the Pettingill Family, Jason Moran, Lewis Moran, Victor Pierce and Jimmy Krakouer.
• Cocaine: the beginning of the end.
• Addiction and deals.
• Crime and punishment.

ISBN 9781740665551

Criminal Profile - Hardback (Hardie-Grant - Pan Macmillan 2005)
By Wayne Petherick
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It might be the style of the attack, the geographic location, the position of the body, a scrupulous cover-up - in almost every instance, the offender who thinks he vanished without a trace has in fact left behind a multitude of clues. Criminal Profile offers insight into the professional's casebook, including the most cutting-edge profiling techniques, the origins and limitations of the practice, as well as the way some of history's most infamous criminals have been caught. The author, Wayne Petherick is a criminologist at Bond University in Queensland, Australia.

ISBN 0276440943

Crime Scene (Penguin - Pearson)
By Esther McKay
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'Day after day my life was consumed by killings, distress and gruesome sites, each one adding another piece to an ever-growing mosaic that seemed to be made up of bloodied disposable gloves, plastic bags and human waste. . ." When Esther McKay, an idealistic young constable with the NSW police, entered the tough, male-dominated world of forensic investigation, she was determined to hold her own. She soon found herself at deeply confronting crime scenes, often working alone and without supervision. After years of long, lonely, exhausting days and nights, and following a particularly harrowing high-profile case involving the disappearance of two young boys, Esther had a break-down and was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. This is Esther's story. Powerful, moving and unforgettable, Crime Scene takes us inside the life of a forensic investigator, and reveals as never before the extraordinary demands and dangers of forensic work.

ISBN 9780143005292

Crime Scene Detective: Become a Forensics Super Sleuth (Penguin - Pearson 2007)
By Carey Scott
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There's a crime wave in the city: robbery, fraud, arson, and murder!

A super sleuth is needed. Someone who can comb through the clues, sift the evidence, and crack the case. This is a job for YOU!

With the tools of forensic science, plus the tricks of the trade real detectives use, assemble evidence, and find the culprit.

Your case file is open . . .

ISBN 9781405318556

Crime Scene Investigations (Five Mile Press- Bookwise)
By Vikki Petraitis
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Following on from the success of Forensics, Vikki Petraitis, one of Australia’s finest true crime authors, returns with an in-depth investigation into four of Australia’s most notorious cases:

The Russell Street Bombing Meet the real life investigators who dedicated their time and expertise to catching the criminals behind this tragedy.

The Strange Death of Lindsay Jellett Dumped by the side of the road like yesterday’s refuse, Lindsay Jellett’s body had all the clues the police would need to catch a callous killer.

Pandora’s Box

A fascinating investigation into one of Victoria’s most complex and baffling crimes: the abduction and brutal murder of Le Anh Tuan.

Hit and Run

Paint flakes, grass stains and small pieces of orange plastic helped the Major Collision Investigation Unit identify a killer.

ISBN 9781741784091

Dancing with Dr Death (New Holland - Pearson)
By Virginia Kennedy and Dot Walker
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The inside story of Doctor Jayant Patel and the Bundaberg Base Hospital told by a nurse who worked by his side. 

This is a startling story of one of the saddest periods in the history of health system in Australia.