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Cops, Drugs, Lawyer X and Me (PB) by Paul Dale; Vikki Petraitis
$32.99 AUD
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 ...Show more
Inside the Law: 25 Years of True-Crime Writing by Vikki Petraitis
$34.95 AUD
Category: True Crime
Vikki Petraitis took to writing true crime because, unlike crime fiction, it was so raw and it told the story of real people, real grief, real loss, real horror. A school teacher by day, Vikki had no idea that writing one book about one unsolved murder would give her a second career that has run alongs ...Show more
Once a Copper The Life and Times of Brian ‘The Skull’ Murphy by Vikki Petraitis
$29.95 AUD
Category: True Crime
Petraitis explores the many facets of The Skull's story. Starting on the mean streets of South Melbourne, to his early years as a policeman, then his fight against police corruption. Dodging crooks and corruption on both sides of the thin blue line, The Skull carefully cultivated a reputation for being ...Show more
Police Stories by Vikki Petraitis
$19.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
Vikki Petraitis has spent hundreds of hours interviewing police and even accompanying them on active duty to compile this collection of stories from the frontline of policing. Police officers from many fields of service, from Fingerprints, Search and Rescue to Homicide, have told her some of their 'best ...Show more
The Frankston Murders by Vikki Petraitis
$29.95 AUD
Category: True Crime
Back in the 1990s Melbourne writer Vikki Petraitis set the benchmark for Australian true crime with her bestselling books The Phillip Island Murder and The Frankston Murders. The latter came about because Vikki was doing interviews with members of Victoria Police for her second book of true crime storie ...Show more
The Phillip Island Murder by Vikki Petraitis; Paul Daley
$19.95 AUD
Category: True Crime
The discovery of the body of Beth Barnard in her Phillip Island farmhouse in 1986, began a homicide investigation that rocked a peaceful community. It also created an enduring mystery, for no one was ever brought to trial for her brutal death, and the main suspect disappeared - never to be seen again. ...Show more
The Unbelieved by Vikki Petraitis
$32.99 AUD
Category: Crime Fiction
Winner of the inaugural Allen & Unwin Crime Prize. Do you believed the alleged rapists over the alleged victim?' Jane's voice took on an indignant pitch. 'Girls lie sometimes.' I nodded. 'And rapists lie all the time.' When Senior Detective Antigone Pollard moves to the coastal town of Deception Bay ...Show more
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