True crime

Featuring the latest information about the murder of Des Moran, including Judy Moran's involvement, these are the gritty stories of Australia's crime world.

In Brisbane's maximum-security prison awaiting trial, Joe Tog composed a series of short narratives for his defence-barrister.

From the success of Australian True Crime Stories, comes the next instalment in the stories of criminals past and present.

In this compilation of twenty short stories by Joe Tog, the criminal genre is nailed exactly as it was during the 70s and 80s - he experienced it - both inside prison and on the outside.

This powerful, unforgettable and uplifting story is one part wrenching family memoir, and one part inspirational journey towards healing and forgiveness but most of all, its an unputdownable journey through one familys tragedy and how they refused to let it define them.

There is a history with this gentleman of, shall we say, a reluctance to stay in custody.

The most controversial cop in Australian history, in his own words.

The Waters family amazed and inspired their neighbour Margaret Wentworth.

Neddy Smith's life story, smuggled out of Long Bay prison, created a sensation on publication.

'An insightful, empathetic and well-researched account of a deeply fascinating and macabre true story' KATE MOORE , New York Times bestselling author of The Radium Girls 'Compelling' TELEGRAPH'Such a compelling account of a small but significant dark corner of history.

Four children by her father.

The Kelly Gang: Or, The Outlaws of the Wombat Ranges was produced by George Wilson Hall, the owner of the Mansfield Guardian in 1879.

American-born Gus Pierce arrived in Australia in 1860 and promptly deserted, swimming ashore at Port Phillip.

This is the true crime account of the man known as Eugenia Falleni, who in 1920 was charged with the murder of his wife.

There has never been a more feared or respected policeman in Australia than Brian "e;Skull"e; Murphy.

Discover the shocking story of Joe Exotic versus Carole Baskin, as seen on the Netflix phenomenon, Tiger King.

This is an educational book about a real life story and contains some upsetting themes.

This book is about slavery, about brains stolen in childhood and before?

HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2023'Jaw-dropping' -Val McDermid'A police memoir like no other' -Kerry Daynes, bestselling author of The Dark Side of the Mind'Honest, shocking and funny' - Barbara Machin, creator of Waking the DeadWhen Jackie Malton joined the police force in 1970, male recruits were given a truncheon and female recruits were given a handbag.

THE SENSATIONAL NEW BOOK FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE DARK SIDE OF THE MIND.

For most of human history, sudden and unexpected deaths of a suspicious nature, when they were investigated at all, were examined by lay persons without any formal training.

Here is the story, in his own words, of how Cesare Mori, with the support of Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini, took on the might of the Sicilian Mafia.

When a teenage Sri Lankan au pair goes missing, it's up to the Bradford police to find her.

Hatton Garden.

Meet Micky Gluckstad.

The Sunday Times and Irish Times bestseller, as featured in the Sunday Independent'You're all fallen women.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, with an updated chapter from Denise.

Jeff Bauman woke up on 16th April 2013, in the Boston Medical Center, groggy from a series of lifesaving surgeries and missing his legs.

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING BENICIO DEL TORO, PRODUCED BY LEONARDO DICAPRIOCuba, 1961.

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A shocking expose of the appalling abuse and experimentation carried out on vulnerable children at Aston Hall Hospital, Derbyshire, in the 60s and 70s.

They called Meyer Lansky the Godfather of the Godfathers, the Chairman of the Board of the National Crime Syndicate, the Mafia's banker.

'We took some prisoners and tied them up on the airstrip and left them out in the sun to die.

Charles 'Lucky' Luciano was a vicious mobster who rose to become the multimillionaire king of the New York underworld.

Philip Carlo's successful and acclaimed books reveal the truth about notorious characters such as LA serial killer Richard Ramirez, Mafia contract killer Richard Kuklinski and crime-family boss Anthony Casso.

Written by the bestselling author of The Ice Man, The Butcher is a gripping and disturbing fly-on-the-wall account of the US Drug Enforcement Administration's four-year hunt to bring down Tommy 'Karate' Pitera, a drug-dealing, murderous capo in the Bonanno crime family.

This is the story of the most successful cocaine dealers in the world: Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Jorge Luis Ochoa Vasquez, Carlos Lehder Rivas and Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha.

A true account of chain-gang life in the 1920s SouthFirst published in the 1920s, this is a gripping firsthand account of the southern prison system, told by a man who survived it from the inside.

On New Year's Eve in New Orleans, 1972, Mark Essex began one of the most violent and deadly sniper attacks on policemen that any American city had ever seen.

The original train-hopper's memoir.

First published in 1914, this detailed account of female hobos is a rare and beautiful example of early American storytelling.

It is recommended the reader drink moonshine before reading this hardnosed edition of A No.

Connie Krauser Chaney had a troubled childhood that she hoped to escape by creating her own stable and caring family.

On the night of April 7, 1990, newlyweds Nancy and Richard Langert were brutally shot in the basement of their suburban Chicago home.

The Snare of the Road was first published in 1916 by A-No.

"e;This is the second book in the famous hobo series by A No.

Published in 1912, The Curse of the Tramp is the third book in the series by A-No 1 "e;The Famous Tramp"e; who traveled 500,000 miles for only $7.

The year 2018 will herald the 200th anniversary of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelleys Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus.

Decades in the making, On the Run with Bonnie & Clyde is a fast moving, gut-wrenching, highly original exploration by author Gilmore into the lives and death of the "e;star-crossed lovers,"e; Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, undying icons of American crime.