Every South African has a strong opinion on crime and policing, but most know very little about the lives and experiences of the average cop in the 185 000-strong South African Police Service.
Every South African has a strong opinion on crime and policing, but most know very little about the lives and experiences of the average cop in the 185 000-strong South African Police Service.
Gideon Haigh has written numerous acclaimed books on both cricket and true-crime now he's unearthed a gripping story that combines the two, in a masterpiece of historical detective work that ties back to the origin of the Ashes On the night of 23 September 1910, on a station 500km west of Brisbane, farm hand John Neil was beaten to death with a cricket bat.
It was the double murder case that gripped Australia, and former Crown Prosecutor Mark Tedeschi KC is finally able to share all the astonishing details.
The matriarch of Australia's most violent and notorious criminal family, and allegedly the inspiration for the award-winning film Animal Kingdom, tells her side of the story.
A police commander, a parole officer, a matron, a court artist and a mounted police officer - the author found all of these key players from the seventies when she investigated the story of Veronica Knight, the first victim of the serial killers in the infamous Truro murders in South Australia.
This collection of stories explores murders committed in the very places meant to be safe havens - hospitals, doctor surgeries and people's own living rooms.
True crime writing at its finest, from the multi-award-winning, bestselling author of In My SkinWinner of the 2021 Walkley Book Award, 2022 NSW Premiers Literary Awards: Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction, and 2022 Sisters in Crime Davitt Award (non-fiction).
Back Cover Ez Prey';Be careful what you pray for'A Keith Childs' novel*Suspense * Psychological Thriller *Mystery Mallory Bell is a successful, powerful entrepreneur.
Men are not the enemy, and masculinity, contrary to what much of popular culture would have you believe, is the solution to what plagues individuals, families, and society as a whole.
Wasyl Andreievych Kushnir was born in Ukraine in 1923, and was witness to the tragedies and horrors of the early years of collectivization under the Soviet regime in his homeland.
Summary, Analysis & Review of Douglas Preston's The Lost City of the Monkey God by InstareadPreview:Douglas Preston s The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story is an account of the organization and findings of a 2015 expedition into the jungle of eastern Honduras.
Started by Italian brothers from North Denver, the high-profile Smaldone crime syndicate began in the bootlegging days of the 1920s and flourished into the 1980s.
