Davitt Awards for Crime Writing 2010 Contenders - True Crime
Forensic Investigator: True Stories From The Life Of A Country Crime Scene Cop
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
This is a compelling account of what it is really like to work as a forensic investigator. But, most of all, it is the inspiring story of someone who has been exposed to sights and experiences many of us can hardly even ... Buy or find out more →
Outside The Law 3
$29.95 – Paperback book / The Five Mile Press
Good cops, bad cops, killer husbands, homicidal women, thieves, firebugs, art heists and jailbreaks.
In Outside the Law 3 some of our best crime writers take you on a walk down the darkest side of life.
You’ll meet crook... Buy or find out more →
Blood Brother: Justice At Last
$29.95 – Paperback book / The Five Mile Press
On 28 August 1993, at 4.30am, then 23-year-old Jeffrey Gilham appeared at his neighbour's house in Woronora, South Sydney, wet and distraught, wearing only boxer shorts.
But his Uncle Tony never believed his story, and i... Buy or find out more →
Lambs To The Slaughter: Inside The Depraved Mind Of Child Killer Derek Ernest Percy
$0.00 – Trade paperback / Heinemann
Young. White. High IQ. Middle-class family. Naval rating. A portrait of a yuppie success story? No. A portrait of child killer, Derek Ernest Percy.
In this definitive, graphically chilling account of Percy's life, a man ... Buy or find out more →
Crime Time: Australians Behaving Badly
$16.95 – Paperback book / Ford Street Publishing
Crime Time: Australians behaving badly is a collection of true Australian crime stories ranging from bushrangers such as Ned Kelly and Mad Dan Morgan through to serial killers, fraudsters and modern celebrity criminals. ... Buy or find out more →
Ladykiller: How Conman Bruce Burrell Kidnapped And Killed Rich Women For Their Money
$24.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
In May 1997, mother-of-three Kerry Whelan disappears on the way to a beautician's appointment. Twenty-four hours later her husband receives a ransom letter: There will be no second chances. Follow all instructions or you... Buy or find out more →
Hotel Kerobokan: The Shocking Inside Story Of Balis Most Notorious Jail
$29.99 – Trade paperback / Macmillan
Welcome to Hotel Kerobokan, the ironic name given to Bali's most notorious jail by its inmates, where murderers sleep alongside petty thieves, drug and alcohol addiction is rife, guards are corrupt and money talks. Into ... Buy or find out more →
A Greater Guilt: Constance Emilie Kent and the Road Murder
$38.50 – Paperback book / Boolarong Publications
A brutal murder of a child in the English village of Road in 1860 which remained an unsolved crime until the sensational confession of Constance Emilie Kent in 1865.
If you are a true crime enthusiast, if you wonder abou... Buy or find out more →