The Audacious Kidd - Volume 1 of the Kidd Trilogy by Simon Griffin

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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 derworld for almost half a century, thanks to exploits ranging from safe-breaking, race fixing and racketeering to counterfeiting, bullion robberies and even skyjacking. Senior police officers suspect him of several baffling unsolved felonies, and he has survived more than than thirty years in some of Australia's most violent prisons. Yet unless you are involved in criminal enterprises, law enforcement or correctional services, you've probably never heard of him. ...Show more

Story of Vicente, Who Murdered His Mother, His Father and His Sister - Life and Death in Juarez by Sandra Rodríguez Nieto

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Category: True Crime

Sixteen-year-old Vicente and two of his high school friends murdered his mother, his father, and his little sister in cold blood. Through a Capote-like reconstruction of this seemingly inexplicable triple murder, Sandra Rodriguez Nieto paints a haunting and unforgettable portrait of the most violent cit y on Earth, with an in-depth investigation into the thought process of the three boys, the city of Juarez and the drug cartels that wage war in its streets. ...Show more

Smoke and Mirrors Stuart Rattle and Michael O'Neill A Tragedy of Love and Murder by Robin Bowles

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Category: True Crime

Interior designer to the rich, the fabulously talented and flamboyant Stuart Rattle, and his loyal partner Michael O'Neill were to their friends the perfect couple. Lifelong members of Australia's exclusive A-Gays set, bon vivants and lovers. Together they created the stunning Musk Farm. Then, one morni ng, Michael violently killed Stuart as he lay in bed. Tucked him neatly back into bed and for five days brought him cups of tea, takeaway curries and glasses of wine, trying to convince himself he had not committed this terrible deed. How did it all go wrong? The tragic life and death story behind the sensational news headlines.Robin Bowles goes behind the glittering surface to lay bare the incredible facts behind this most surprising murder.The true crime queen is finally back with an unputdownable narrative that only Robin could write. ...Show more

The First Time He Hit Her by Heidi Lemon

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Category: True Crime

Lying in Wait - Ann Rule's Crime Files: Vol. 17 by Ann Rule

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Category: True Crime | Series: Ann Rule's Crime Files Ser.

Ann Rule presents a collection of fascinating and disturbing true-crime stories--drawn from her real-life personal files--in this seventeenth volume in the #1 New York Times bestselling Crime Files series.   In this gripping collection of investigative accounts from her private archives, "America 's best true-crime writer" (Kirkus Reviews) exposes the most frightening aspect of the murderous mind: the waiting game. Trusted family members or strangers, these cold-blooded killers select their unsuspecting prey, wait for the perfect moment to strike, then turn normality into homicidal mayhem in a matter of moments. Ann Rule will have you seeing the people and places around you with heightened caution as you read these shattering cases, including:   - New mothers murdered, their infants kidnapped, in an atrocious baby-selling scheme - The man who kept his criminal past hidden from his wife--and his wife from his mistress--until he coldly disposed of one of them - The beautiful daughter of a State Department official ran away from the privileged world she knew and hitched a ride with a man she didn't . . . with fatal consequences - For months, a vicious, rage-filled serial rapist eluded police and terrorized Seattle's women--when would he strike next, and how far would his violence escalate? - A criminal known for his Houdini-like escapes is serving time for murder in a botched robbery--now the convict is being served dinner in a civilian's home, where he has one more trick up his sleeve - A long-lost relative who came home to visit, leaving a bloody trail through Washington and Oregon; no one realized how dangerous he and his ladylove were--until it was far too late. . . .   With her ability to translate the most complex cases into storytelling "as dramatic and chilling as a bedroom window shattering at night" (The New York Times), Rule expertly analyzes the thoughts and deeds of the sociopath, in this seventeenth essential Crime Files volume. ...Show more

On the Inside: Life Behind Bars by Australia's Most Famous Criminal by John Killick

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Category: True Crime

John Killick fed his gambling addiction by robbing banks in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s,but this career criminal entered a new phase when he met Russian immigrant Lucy Dudkoat a party in 1995. Infamously remembered for his part in an audacious and desperateescape from prion in a helicopter, today he stan ds as a man in balance with the community,surrounded by supportive family and friends around him.On the Inside is John's story about being in some of Australia's most infamous prisons . Silverwater,Bathurst, Goulbourn Supermax; the conditions inside and the people he met there . The BackpackerMurderer Ivan Milat, Graeme Thorne Kidnapper Steven Bradley; the last man hanged in Australia, RonaldRyan, but also many unknown stories.This is John Killick at his best raw, confronting and redemptive. In prison, John was able to participatein courses that helped him manage his addiction and put him on the right road for successful rehabilitation. ...Show more

Missing William Tyrrell by Caroline Overington

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Category: True Crime

   One minute a little boy is playing outside his foster nana's house, the next minute, he's gone. How can a three year old child simply disappear? On Friday 12 September 2014, William Tyrrell - a playful three-year-old boy dressed in a fire-engine red Spider-Man suit - disappears from a quiet street in broad daylight. It's assumed he's lost in the nearby bushland, but despite an intensive search, he's not found, and police start to suspect he's been abducted. No trace of William - not a shoe, not a hair - has ever been found, but now is not the time to surrender. How can a little boy just vanish? We have to find him. From best-selling author and Walkley Award-winning journalist, Caroline Overington, Missing William Tyrrell is a moving and compelling exploration of one of Australia's most baffling and heartbreaking mysteries. ...Show more

Kill the Morans by Ben Wrout

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Category: True Crime

Kill the Morans is essential reading for anyone half serious about the real Melbourne Gangland War. Bert Wrout was shot while at the heart of Australia's bloodiest ever drugs turf war, with a tally of 39 bodies at last count. Bert enlisted formerly retired Melbourne crime journalist, Brett Quine, to hel p put the record straight and free the public from popular myth. In an explosive memoir Bert takes the reader into the heart of Melbourne's gangland, in a gripping conversational style that will hook readers from the opening page. Years in the making, Kill the Morans reveals the real truth behind the Melbourne Gangland War from one of the only players left standing, with an incredibly gripping account of the real rise and fall of the Moran crime crew. Includes stunning revelations about some of the key events of the Melbourne gangland wars. Note: Not available for sale in Victoria. ...Show more

Dead Man Walking: The Murky World of Michael Mcgurk and Ron Medich by Kate McClymont

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Category: True Crime

We all know Sydney is full of corruption and crime, but none of us expected to read about a Sydney businessman being shot in the back of his head, in his driveway, in front of his nine-year-old son, in Cremorne. Nor that the order would come from a Point Piper millionaire. Kate McClymont is Australia?s best-known investigative journalist. Kate and McGurk received intel that he was going to be 'hit?. Before the two could meet, McGurk was murdered. Kate and her family also received death threats and were moved to a hotel for a few days. This story involves bumbling criminals, turncoats, snitches, developers, wealthy people brought down, and devastated families. It unpacks the structures of our major cities and asks some big big questions. Multiple Walkley-winner Kate tells it with pace and character and her insider status. ...Show more

Go Down Together The True Untold Story of Bonnie & Clyde by GUINN JEFF

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Category: True Crime

Never Alone by Debbie Malone

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Category: True Crime

This book takes readers on the roller-coaster ride of Debbie's journey, from receiving confirmation of her spirit medium capacities after a miscarriage at the age of twenty-eight, to filming with ghosts for the TV show Scream Test and becoming an adept spirit photographer, to volunteering her services t o the police on high-profile cases, including the backpacker murders in Belanglo State Forest and the Claremont murders in Perth. ...Show more

Cops, Drugs, Lawyer X and Me by Paul Dale; Vikki Petraitis

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Category: True Crime

'How did a kid from the country who dreamed of joining the Victoria Police, end up on the wrong side of the bars? There are a lot of reasons, and I hope this story will help clarify some of them, not only for you, the reader, but for me too, because a lot of the time I am left shaking my head, wondering how things went so wrong.' Paul Dale knows he is tainted. After almost fifteen years as a cop, working in Homicide and rising to the rank of Detective Sergeant in the Victorian Drug Squad, he had seen the worst of what people can do. But when he was accused and jailed firstly for drug offences and then for murder, Dale realised the murky world he was navigating was going to take him under too. In the Major Drug Investigative Division, Dale dealt with crims like Carl Williams, Terry Hodson and Tommy Ivanovic in the underbelly of Melbourne streets. But when a burglary ended in Hodson's arrest, Dale's life started to unravel. He turned to Nicola Gobbo, a lawyer and friend he thought could help: the lawyer who became known as Lawyer X. Eventually exonerated of any crimes, Paul Dale's story reveals the shocking deals done at the highest levels of the Victorian Police Force and the damage wrought by Victoria Police's use of Lawyer X. ...Show more