True Crime

Rape and child sexual abuse occur more frequently throughout the world than is commonly realised, yet only a very small proportion of cases come to public attention. Those who have...

Author: (Facsimile)Binding: HardbackPublished: HERITAGE PUBLICATIONS, 1970Condition:Book: FairJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Mild silverfish damage on spine. This historical account chronicles the dramatic downfall of Australia's notorious Kelly Gang,...

Author: Rebecca WestBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, London, 1949Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerRebecca West's The Meaning Of Treason presents...

Carolann Kelleher was born in London UK and came to Australia in January 1970 aged 25 years, looking for a new life with her 2 children. One was very sick...

Author: W. Teignmouth ShoreBinding: HardbackPublished: The Legal Classics Library, 2016Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical non-fiction account chronicles the sensational The...

Author: Keith Ablow, MdBinding: HardbackPublished: The Legal Classics Library, 2018Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThis psychological examination, Inside The Mind Of Casey Anthony,...

Financial crime seems horribly complicated but there are only so many ways you can con someone out of what's theirs. In fact, there are four. A veteran regulatory economist and...

Fighting to reclaim the French crown for the Bourbons, the duchesse de Berry faces betrayal at the hands of one of her closest advisors in this dramatic history of power...

All of these women are notorious, but are all of them deadly? Child murder- A social taboo and one of the most abhorrent acts most of us can imagine. Meet...

Author: Michael HardwickBinding: HardbackPublished: Odhams Books, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThe non-fiction work chronicles a fascinating collection of aviation's...

Author: Margaret NicholasBinding: PaperbackPublished: Octopus, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical collection chronicles the lives of infamous women...

Author: Simon WiesenthalBinding: HardbackPublished: HEINEMANN, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe powerful memoir The Murderers Among Us chronicles Simon Wiesenthal's relentless pursuit of Nazi war criminals in the aftermath of...

Author: Kenneth AllsopBinding: HardbackPublished: HERON BOOKS, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe historical account The Bootleggers: The Story Of Chicago's Prohibition Era chronicles the tumultuous period when alcohol was outlawed...

Author: John PearsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Granada Publishing., 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor bumps and chips to edges of DJ, tanned...

Author: Carl Bernstein And Bob WoodwardBinding: HardbackPublished: Simon & Schuster., 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor chips and...

Author: J. F. MortlockBinding: HardbackPublished: Sydney University Press, Sydney, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsJ. F. Mortlock's Experiences Of A Convict chronicles the harrowing journey of an individual navigating...

London, 1913. An exquisite strand of pale pink pearls, worth more than the Hope Diamond, has been bought by a Hatton Garden broker, capturing the attention of both jewelers and...

Can Modern DNA Science Crack this Cold Case? The 1978 murder of actor and American icon Bob Crane remains one of the most high-profile unsolved celebrity murders of all time....

Suicides, hangings, shootings, car accidents, drownings, cliff falls, electrocutions ... Detective Peter Seymour has seen every type of death imaginable in his time in the NSW Coroner's Court and, after...

"There is surely nobody more qualified to tell the stories of the families of missing people than Nicole Morris, who has dedicated much of her life to the selfless and...

Welldon explores why the quality of their bodies is fundamental to women's psychology; how this may lead to self-mutilation; and how such perverse behavior may also be aimed at objects...

An enthralling hour-by-hour account of the twelve days in 1865 between President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and the capture and death of his murderer, John Wilkes Booth. From 14th to 26th...

A leading criminologist draws on more than thirty years' experience to propose a new way of understanding sexual crimes A leading criminologist draws on more than thirty years' experience to...

'These women are each a light and an inspiration, demonstrating how the best instincts of humanity - to love, to share, to protect others - can triumph in the worst...

This is the story of an ordinary woman whose grief - and love - for her only son compelled her to do something extraordinary. When Margaret Davis's beloved son Steven...

I hope with the women who break their silence and contribute to this survey some very much needed changes will take place. God knows we need them.This book is the...

Growing up in Tarpon Springs, Florida - the seaside headquarters of the Greek mafia - Kevin Cunningham fell in love with Greek culture and hoped to become part of it....

Harry the Valet began his criminal career out of grief, but became Europe s most notorious jewel thief out of love. The story of a real-life Raffles a man who...

Hello, Shadowlands is the story of Southeast Asia's anarchic enclaves and their hidden connections to the West. There is no better place to observe the clash between old codes and...

The Girl with the Crooked Nose is the true story of renowned forensics expert Frank Bender. Although he is entirely self-trained and makes his living as an artist, Frank has...

Hollywood Godfather is Gianni Russo's over-the-top memoir of a real-life mobster-turned-actor who helped make The Godfather a reality, and his story of life on the edge between danger and glamour....

America's greatest crime writer investigates his mother's murder America's greatest crime writer investigates his mother's murder. On 21 June 1958, Geneva Hilliker Ellroy left her home in California. She was...

Abused as a child by his local priest, Brian Oi Dea, a once ordinary young man became a rebel, using and selling drugs for the escape and excitement they offered....

Palm Island may be the most beautiful tropical island in Australia, but its name is synonymous with violence. It is home to one of the country's largest Aboriginal communities, descendants...

From matricide to mutilation, poisoning, and the cold-blooded murder of a police man, the case-studies in this collection made headlines in their time and remain as gripping today as then....

The four murder trials in this volume, each a cause celebre in its day, continue to fascinate and intrigue the reader decades later. Here are four different characters, led to...

'It is one of those tales about how life can turn on a sixpence: one minute everything is dandy, the next all is darkness.' - Joe Joseph, The Times In...

Real life stories of chilling killers.

Gateshead, April 1866. Five-year-old Sarah Melvin was walking along Split Crow Lane looking for her father when she disappeared. Later that night a couple walking home from the pub tripped...

Reloaded contains the latest stories from the Melbourne underworld, and provides an uncut account of how Tony Mokbel - aka fat Tony - ran Melbourne's gangland war. Also included in...

As seen in the HBO docuseries THE VOW: A jaw-dropping insider look into the world of the so-called "Hollywood Sex Cult" NXIVM chronicling the rise of enigmatic cult leader, Keith...

While research findings in this volume take an Australian perspective, they extend beyond national boundaries and are pertinent to readers in all societies. Contributors explore violence against women with disabilities,...