Gangland - The Great Escapes by James Morton; Susanna Lobez
$29.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
Since the arrival of the First Fleet, thousands of prisoners have escaped from prison, police stations, courts, prison vans and hospitals-even dentists' chairs. They have driven, walked, pedalled, swum or sailed away from custody. Some have killed or been killed in the process; a few have gone overseas ...Show more
Wedderburn: A true tale of blood and dust by Maryrose Cuskelly
$29.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
The story of a grisly triple murder in Central Victoria in October 2014 - contemporary Australian true crime at its best. An ugly story told beautifully. WEDDERBURN will hold you tightly in its grip, and leave an imprint when it lets you go.' Myfanwy Jones'In WEDDERBURN, we see the trauma caused by the ...Show more
Zealot by Jo Thornely
$32.99 AUD
Category: True Crime | Reading Level: near fine
Why would anyone join a cult? Maybe they're unhappy with their current religion, or they want to change the world, or they're disappointed with their lives and want to find something bigger or holier that makes sense of this confusing, chaotic and dangerous world. Or maybe they just want to give themsel ...Show more
The Suicide Bride: A Mystery of Tragedy and Family Secrets in Edwardian Sydney by Tanya Bretherton
$32.99 AUD
Category: True Crime | Series: The\Australian Crime Vau Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
From the author of the acclaimed THE SUITCASE BABY - shortlisted for the Ned Kelly and Nib awards - comes the chilling story of a charlatan, a murder-suicide, and a family tree so twisted that it sprouts monsters. Whenever society produces a depraved criminal, we wonder: is it nature or is it nurture? W ...Show more
The Killing in the Consulate by Jonathan Rugman
$32.99 AUD
Category: True Crime | Reading Level: very good
'Reporting at its best. Immaculately researched, sober and informative' John le Carré 'Compulsory reading...fast-paced and brilliantly written' Jeremy Bowen After Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was filmed going in to the Saudi consulate in Turkey, he was never seen alive again. What happene ...Show more
The Audacious Kidd - Volume 1 of the Kidd Trilogy by Simon Griffin
$34.95 AUD
Category: True Crime
This book is a true crime biography based on an Infamous career criminal named Bertie Kidd. He was referred to by a leading barrister as "the most complete criminal in the nation's history", Robert Bertram (Bertie) Kidd has been feared, respected and emulated by the toughest figures in the Australian un ...Show more
Cults Uncovered by Emily G Thompson
$19.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
Discover the shocking truth about some of the most disturbing cults that have ever existed-cults led by charismatic psychopaths such as Charles Manson, David Koresh, and Jim Jones that have exploded into acts of appalling savagery.How did Manson inspire his "family" to launch a campaign of murder? What ...Show more
The Edward Street Baby Farm: The Murder That Gripped a City by Stella Budrikis
$32.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
In 1907, Perth woman Alice Mitchell was arrested for the murder of five-month-old Ethel Booth. During the inquest and subsequent trial, the state's citizens were horrified to learn that at least 37 infants had died in Mitchell's care in the previous six years. It became clear that she had been running a ...Show more
The Griffith Wars - The Powerful True Story of Donald Mackay's Murder and the Town That Stood up to the Mafia by Tom Gilling; Terry Jones
$22.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
The assassination of Donald Mackay was meant to solve a problem for the mafia. Instead it roused the law-abiding citizens of Griffith to fight against the powerful criminal elements who had made their town synonymous with drugs and murder. Drawing on the personal diaries and memories of Terry Jones - wh ...Show more
The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay by David Murray
$24.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
How did a father with no criminal history come to be on trial for the brutal murder of his wife? It began with a phone call to Brisbane police on April 20, 2012. Allison, wife of real-estate agent Gerard Baden-Clay, was missing. When investigating officers arrived at the family home, in one of the city' ...Show more
The Schoolgirl Strangler (PB) by Katherine Kovacic
$32.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
The shocking true story of a serial killer in 1930s Melbourne.
True Crime Story: The Times Number One Bestseller by Joseph Knox
$32.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
"A triumph. Dazzlingly original.' Sunday Times ______________ 'What happens to those girls who go missing? What happens to the Zoe Nolans of the world?' In the early hours of Saturday 17 December 2011, Zoe Nolan, a nineteen-year-old Manchester University student, walked out of a party taking place i ...Show more