Double Trouble : The Amazing True Story of the After Dark Bandit by Geoff Wilkinson & Ross Brundrett

$29.99 AUD

Category: True Crime

Son of Escobar: First Born by Roberto Sendoya Escobar

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Category: True Crime

Pablo Escobar was the most notorious drug lord the world has ever seen. He became one of the ten richest men on the planet and controlled 80 per cent of the global cocaine trade before he was shot dead in 1993. This is the long-awaited autobiography of his eldest son, Roberto Sendoya Escobar. His story opens with two helicopter gunships, filled with heavily armed Colombian Special forces personnel led by an MI6 agent, flying into a small village on the outskirts of Bogota in Colombia. The secret mission to recover a stolen cash hoard, culminates in a bloody shoot-out with a group of young Pablo Escobar’s violent gangsters. Several of the men escape, including the young Escobar.As the dust settles in the house, only a little baby is left alive. His distressing cries can be heard as his young mother lies dead beside him. That baby is the author, Roberto Sendoya Escobar. In a bizarre twist of fate, the top MI6 agent who led the mission, takes pity on the child and, eventually, ends up adopting him.Over the years, during his rise to prominence as the most powerful drug lord the world has ever known, Pablo Escobar tries, repeatedly, to kidnap his son. Flanked by his trusty bodyguards, the child, unaware of his true identity, is allowed regular meetings with Escobar and it becomes apparent that the British government is working covertly with the gangster in an attempt to control the money laundering and drug trades.Life becomes so dangerous, however, that the author is packed off from the family mansion in Bogota to an English public school. Many years later in England, as Roberto’s adopted father lies dying in hospital, he hands his son a coded piece of paper which, he says, reveals the secret hiding place of the 'Escobar Missing millions' the world has been searching for! ...Show more

The Expert Witness by William J Allender

$32.99 AUD

Category: True Crime

Ultimate Price: The Story of Australian Police Killed on Duty by Brett Wright

$35.00 AUD

Category: True Crime

Ultimate Price details incidents in which Police officers have lost their lives on duty in Australia. From the first recorded death of Police officer, Constable Joseph LUKER who was murdered in Sydney in 1903, cut down by a criminal wielding a cutlass, the book follows the growing State and Federal Poli ce Forces and the events where the officers have been killed in the execution of their duty. The author recreates the feeling of the incident by putting the reader there, at the location. Be it the sticky heat of the tropical north, the dry winds of Central West NSW or the bone aching cold of Tasmania, the author paints a picture so the reader can see and almost feel what is happening. The incidents vary from stabbings, shootings, vehicle accidents, drownings, suicides along with many more violent, terrifying and in some cases mysterious deaths. The public are grateful for the work their Police do, but how many of them are aware of the terrible dangers those officers face every time they put on the uniform and head out to work. Ultimate Price shows the reader the realities faced by their Police every day. ...Show more

3,096 Days by Natascha Kampusch

$22.99 AUD

Category: True Crime

"3,096 Days" is the remarkable and shocking true account of the kidnap of Natascha Kampusch in 1998, who relives her traumatic experiences in this amazing true story. On 2 March 1998 ten-year-old Natascha Kampusch was snatched off the street by a stranger and bundled into a white van. Hours later she wa s lying on a cold cellar floor, rolled up in a blanket. When she emerged from captivity in 2006, having endured one of the longest abductions in recent history, her childhood had gone. In "3,096 Days" Natascha tells her amazing story for the first time: her difficult childhood, what happened exactly on that fateful morning when she was on her way to school, her long imprisonment in a five-square-metre dungeon, and the physical and mental abuse she suffered from her abductor, Wolfgang Priklopil - who committed suicide by throwing himself under a train on the day she managed to make her escape. "3,096 Days" is ultimately a story about the triumph of the human spirit. It describes how, in a situation of almost unbearable hopelessness, she learned how to manipulate her captor. And how, against inconceivable odds, she managed to escape unbroken. "A brilliantly insightful dissection of her years in captivity". (Jon Ronson, "Guardian"). "An excellent book". (Kathryn Hughes, "Mail on Sunday"). "Unflinching and remarkably devoid of self-pity...Remarkable - not just for Kampusch's account of her ordeal but as a testament to her indomitable spirit". (Daisy Goodwin, "Sunday Times"). Natascha Kampusch was born on 17 February 1988 in Vienna and became victim, at the age of ten, to what proved to be one of the longest abductions in recent history. In 2006 she gained her freedom. On the day she escaped, her abductor Wolfgang Priklopil committed suicide by throwing himself under a train. Since then Natascha has been trying to live a normal life. In spring 2010, aged 22, she graduated from university. ...Show more

The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson

$24.99 AUD

Category: True Crime

In Cara Robertson's "enthralling new book," The Trial of Lizzie Borden, "the reader is to serve as judge and jury" (The New York Times). Based on twenty years of research and recently unearthed evidence, this true crime and legal history is the "definitive account to date of one of America's most notor ious and enduring murder mysteries" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). When Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally hacked to death in Fall River, Massachusetts, in August 1892, the arrest of the couple's younger daughter Lizzie turned the case into international news and her murder trial into a spectacle unparalleled in American history. Reporters flocked to the scene. Well-known columnists took up conspicuous seats in the courtroom. The defendant was relentlessly scrutinized for signs of guilt or innocence. Everyone--rich and poor, suffragists and social conservatives, legal scholars and laypeople--had an opinion about Lizzie Borden's guilt or innocence. Was she a cold-blooded murderess or an unjustly persecuted lady? Did she or didn't she? An essential piece of American mythology, the popular fascination with the Borden murders has endured for more than one hundred years. Told and retold in every conceivable genre, the murders have secured a place in the American pantheon of mythic horror. In contrast, "Cara Robertson presents the story with the thoroughness one expects from an attorney...Fans of crime novels will love it" (Kirkus Reviews). Based on transcripts of the Borden legal proceedings, contemporary newspaper accounts, unpublished local accounts, and recently unearthed letters from Lizzie herself, The Trial of Lizzie Borden is "a fast-paced, page-turning read" (Booklist, starred review) that offers a window into America in the Gilded Age. This "remarkable" (Bustle) book "should be at the top of your reading list" (PopSugar). ...Show more

Terrorism In Australia by Peter Moroney

$29.99 AUD

Category: True Crime

Peter Moroney was a member of the NSW Police force for 17 years whoretired as Detective Sergeant with predominant experience in the field ofCriminal investigations and and extensive experience in managing andconducting complete criminal investigations such as counter terrorism,drugs, money laundering, o rganised crime and homicide.This is Peter's first book which will take a look at the birth of modernterrorism in Australia, particularly NSW through what become known asOperation Pendennis. Operation Pendennis is still one of the largest counterterrorism investigations in this country, which included the investigation and eventual prosecution of MrKhaled Sharrouf.Terrorism in Australia takes us into a world unknown to most of us on how the culture of terrorists groupswork and think and how this is an issue that authorities continue to strive to stay on top of around theworld but also in Australia. How do we stop an attack on our shores, who is who in our terrorist ...Show more

This is How I Will Strangle You

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Category: True Crime

My Mother, A Serial Killer by Hazel Gaiter; Janet Fife-Yeomans (As told to)

$32.99 AUD

Category: True Crime

A gripping and shocking story of a serial killer mother, and the brave daughter who brought her to justice. Dulcie Bodsworth was the unlikeliest serial killer. Loved everywhere she went, the townsfolk of Wilcannia which she called home in the late 1950s, thought of her as kind and caring. The officers a t the local police station looked forward to the scones and cakes the generous Dulcie baked for them and delivered for their morning tea along with her wit and charm. That was one side of her. Only her daughter Hazel saw the real Dulcie. And what she saw terrified her. Dulcie was in fact a cold calculating killer, who by 1958 had put three men in their graves, one of them the father of her four children, Ted Baron, in one of the most infamous periods of the state's history. She would have got away with it all, had it not been for Hazel. My Mother, A Serial Killer is a chilling story of a murderous mother and the courageous daughter who put testified against her and put her in jail, and the harshness of life on the fringes of Australian society in the 1950s. ...Show more

Lillian Armfield: How Australia's first female detective took on Tilly Devine and the Razor Gangs and changed the face of the force by Leigh Straw

$32.99 AUD

Category: True Crime

An engaging account of an extraordinary, trailblazing woman - Australia's first female detective - LILLIAN ARMFIELD is also the vivid and gripping story of the origins of Sydney's organised crime underbelly. 'Special Constable' Lillian Armfield was policing Sydney's mean streets during some of the most dramatic years of crime in the city. By the late 1920s, eastern Sydney was the heartland of organised crime and the notorious turf battles known as the Razor Wars, where bloodied bodies were strewn across streets after late-night clashes between rival gangs. At first disapproved of by her male colleagues, and often working solo and undercover, Lillian investigated it all - from runaway girls, opium dens and back-street sly grog shops to drug trafficking, rape and murder. She dealt with the infamous crime figures of the day - Tilly Devine, Kate Leigh, 'Botany May' Smith and their associates - who eventually accorded Lillian a grudging respect. Lillian Armfield's life and achievements were extraordinary. She paved the way for the women of today's police force and her amazing story is also a compelling chapter in Australian true crime history. ...Show more

The Drowned Man by Brendan James Murray

$32.95 AUD

Category: True Crime

A chance encounter in a fish-'n'-chip shop set Brendan Murray on the trail of a mystery. Had a gay man been secretly murdered on HMAS Australia during the Second World War? The veteran he spoke to was certain. 'I knew about it,' he said. 'We all did.' But was the story true? If so, who was the dead man? And why was it so hard to find out? The Drowned Man is a search for the answer, almost stymied by cover-up and silence. In the end, it brings us to the lies that have shrouded our understanding of war, and especially of war at sea. As one of the survivors poignantly says, 'I want to pass it on to the next generation. What it was like. What it was really like.' This is a spellbinding story told by a powerful new Australian voice. Uncovers the possibility of a murder that has never before come to light. Offers a completely new perspective on Australian military history. Takes an unwavering look at the horrors of war, which act to contextualise the murders by way of the violent indifference of the time. Reveals a great deal not only about Australia in the 1940s, but also Australia today; hate crimes like these continue, alongside more general discrimination in the navy and elsewhere. For people who love Australian history, true crime and naval stories Captures the reality of war on board the HMAS Australia in World War II. ...Show more

The Satin Man (Beaumont Children) by Alan Whiticker; Stuart Mullins

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Category: True Crime

This book, The Satin Man, is the result of the six years that followed, in which Mullins continued Whiticker hunt for the truth, and lobbied the South Australian Police to open a coronial inquiry to the original investigation. It details shocking information about a potential suspect – a local man of wealth and position, known as 'The Satin Man' – and sheds incredible new light on this decades-old mystery. ...Show more