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The Last Victim: a True Life Journey Into the Mind of the Serial Killer
Moss, Jason with Kottler, Jeffrey Ph.D.
ISBN: 0-7322-6445-6
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD 2000
8vo Paperback An exploration of the minds of some of the most depraved men in the American prison system, such as Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy. The author poses as a suitable victim, writing letters to the killers and is eventually invited to meet Gacy in prison, which he recalls in nightmarish detail. Good
Price: $9.25 (AUD)
Book Number: 012946 Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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In the Name of Honour.
Mai, Mukhtar
ISBN: 1-84408-409-4
LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP 2007
8vo Paperback Mukhtar Mai came to prominence in June 2002, when journalists in Pakistan first learned of her gang rape, punishment for an 'honour crime' allegedly committed by her brother, an offence for which there was never any proof. After the horrific rape, custom dictated that she would kill herself. But Mai defied custom. In an unprecedented act of courage, she took her rapists to court. Mukhtar Mai pitted herself against the system with extraordinary courage and strength of purpose. Timely and topical, In the Name of Honour is the inspirational true story of a woman who fought and triumphed against exceptional odds. 'It is because of the support of the world that I feel brave' Mukhtar Mai Good
Price: $17.50 (AUD)
Book Number: 013094 Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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The World’s Greatest True Crime
Colin Wilson (Editor)
ISBN: 1841198587
Magpie Books, London, 2005
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Paperback Good
Price: $8.68 (AUD)
Book Number: 013162 Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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Empty Promises
Rule, Ann
ISBN: 0-7515-3106-5
Time Warner Paperbacks. 2001
12mo Paperback Although the former police officer and FBI consultant is best known for full-length true-crime books, she is also a prolific writer of shorter articles, publishing more than a thousand of them over the past three decades. Many of her shorter pieces have been collected in the ongoing Crime Files series, of which this is volume seven. The ten pieces included here, some of them going back more than 25 years, tell the story of a man whose possessiveness allegedly led him to murder; of unrequited love that led to madness; of a couple of genuinely (almost comically) incompetent femme fatales; of a man who killed for the thrill of it; and other fascinating, unsettling tales. Rule brings the same respect for detail to her short work that is evident in the book-length accounts. She is able to look beyond "just the facts" and penetrate to the heart of the matter, to identify not only the who and the what, but the all-important why. The shortest article here is deeper, and tells us more about the nature of crime, than a whole stack of full-length books written by less talented competitors. Among the very small group of top-notch true-crime writers (Lawrence Schiller, Jack Olsen, and Joe McGinniss, when he gets it right), Rule just may be the best of the bunch. Good
Price: $9.50 (AUD)
Book Number: 013168 Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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Joe Cinque’s Consolation
Garner, Helen
ISBN: 0-330-36497-9
Pan Macmillan 2004
8vo Paperback Synopsis In October 1997, a clever young student at the ANU murdered her boyfriend. She and her best friend were later charged with murder. Garner followed the trial in the ACT Supreme Court. Focussing on how and why Joe Cinque died, this book probes the gap between ethics and law, explores conscience, culpability and more. Good
Price: $16.12 (AUD)
Book Number: 013261 Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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Never to Be Released, Volume 2
Kidd, Paul B.
ISBN: 0-7322-5981-9
HarperCollins Pymble, N.S.W. 1999 First Edition
8vo Paperback Murderers, rapists, psychopaths... In many parts of the world, these sorts of criminals can expect retribution by firing squad, lethal injection, the noose or, more macabrely, the electric chair. In Australia, our courts sentence them to life of incarceration - "never to be released". This recommendation is usually reserved solely for the worst of the worst: the child killers, those who rape and murder in pairs and packs, the serial killers, the mass murderers. But now that list includes a man who attempted to murder a tourist, another who set a little boy alight, and a heroin dealer. In this frank and compelling book, Paul B. Kidd, a respected authority on this gruesome rollcall of humanity, looks at recent cases that have resulted in the handing down of a "never to be released" recommendation or its equivalent, the threads that link Australia's serial killers, and the arguments for and against capital punishment. All the horrific crimes in this book actually happened. Fortunately, all their perpetrators are where they belong - behind bars - "never to be released". Good
Price: $15.05 (AUD)
Book Number: 013552 Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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Chopper 8: The Sicilian Defence
Read, Mark Brandon
ISBN: 0-9586071-0-9
Floradale and Sly Ink 1998
8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Paperback Standover man 'Chopper' Read appears drunk on national Australian TV on the night of his release and outrages politicians and TV viewers. He now lives 'quietly' raising chickens and turkeys in Tasmania, Austraila, and writes books in his spare time. Good
Price: $11.59 (AUD)
Book Number: 013629 Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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Preacher of Death
King, Martin
ISBN: 0-451-18000-3
Signet Books. Ringwood, Victoria, Australia ; New York 1993
12mo Paperback This is the story of the self-professed Son of God, who became the leader of sect known as the "Branch Davidians". Rarely has religious fervour ended so tragically with so much paranoia and annihilation. Martin King is one of the few outsiders who spent time with David Koresh in the Waco compound. In this first-hand account, King tells how Vernon Howell - a ninth-grade drop-out - became David Koresh, leader of a world-wide religious cult which supplied him with new members, money and 20 "wives" aged 12 to 70. The book also reveals the rise of David Koresh through the eyes of ex-cult member, Marc Breault. He watched the possessed preacher transform from a passionate leader into a dangerous psychopath with a passion for under-age girls and high-powered weapons. Good
Price: $10.25 (AUD)
Book Number: 013726 Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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The Little Prisoner: How a Childhood Was Stolen and a Trust Betrayed
Elliott, Jane
ISBN: 0-00-719610-5
Harper Element 2005
8vo Paperback From the age of 4, Jane Elliott carried a terrible secret . . . she was the slave of her stepfather - in every way imaginable. The Little Prisoner is the devastating true story of a girl who was dominated, bullied and sexually abused by a man just 14 years her senior. He held her prisoner in an emotional and physical nightmare for 17 years . . . until she fought back. Good
Price: $23.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 013880 Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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Perfect Murder Perfect Town.
Schiller, Lawrence.
ISBN: 006095342X
Harper Collins. Australia.
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Paperback Good+
Price: $11.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 013920 Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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Irena: The Irena Hatfield story
Hatfield, Irena; Amdur, Mark A.
ISBN: 0-7322-7039-1
HarperCollins Pymble, N.S.W. 2001
8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Soft Cover In 1985, someone shot and killed Chris Hatfield. His wife Irena was asleep at the time. More than a decade passed. Then in 1997 Irena Hatfield was charged with the murder. Yet, after as high-profile case, Irena walked free. This is her story. Good
Price: $15.65 (AUD)
Book Number: 014013 Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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The Dodger: Inside the World of Roger Rogerson
McNab, Duncan
ISBN: 1-4050-3751-2
Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited Sydney, N.S.W. 2006
8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Paperback This is an eye opening account of the life and times of Roger Rogerson, one of our most brilliant detectives before he chose crime over justice. Good
Price: $48.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 014024 Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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The Barlow Clowes Affair
Lever, Lawrence
ISBN: 0340588640
Coronet, U.K. 1993
8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Paperback Good+
Price: $11.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 014249 Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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Raging Waters
Waters, Dean; Lane, Daniel
ISBN: 0330361228
Pan Macmillan Sydney 1998
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Paperback Good+
Price: $31.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 015239 Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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Watching the Detectives.
Locke, Deborah Lee.
ISBN: 0-7333-1242-X
Abc Books Sydney 2003 First Edition.
8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Softcover Very Good.
Price: $23.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 015380 Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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Highway to Nowhere
Shears, Richard
ISBN: 0-7322-5105-2
HarperCollins Publishers Sydney 1996
8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Softcover The grisly tale of Australia's horrifying serial slayings in the Belanglo State Forest. The murder of the young backpackers shocked the nation and led to a full-scale police investigation. Good
Price: $13.60 (AUD)
Book Number: 015373 Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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One Down, One Missing: Inside the Hunt for the Killers of Silk and Miller
Astle, David
ISBN: 1-74066-141-9
Hardie Grant Egmont 2004
8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Softcover Join the largest manhunt ever mounted in Victorian police history. On 16 August 1998, Sergeant Gary Silk and Senior Constable Rodney Miller were shot dead while on duty. The Victorian policemen had been staking out a restaurant in Moorabbin as part of an operation aiming to snare two serial bandits who'd been targeting fast-food restaurants around the city's southeast. Very Good.
Price: $27.50 (AUD)
Book Number: 015468 Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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The Cell,
Forbes, Colin
ISBN: 0-7432-3182-1
Simon & Schuster 2002
8vo Paperback The search for a frighteningly powerful murderer leads Tweed and his two colleagues, Paula Grey and Bob Newman, once again to travel the world. This time they are joined by Jules Beaurain, old friend of Tweed's and ex-police officer from Belgium. Good
Price: $14.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 015520 Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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Blood in the Sand.
Linedecker, Clifford L.
ISBN: 0312975090
St Martins Paperbacks, U.S.A. 2000
12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Soft Cover Good +
Price: $9.99 (AUD)
Book Number: 015681 Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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London Characters and Crooks.
Mayhew, Henry(edited and introduced by Christopher Hibbert)
The Folio Society. London. 1996
8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Hard Cover. complete with slip case Very Good.
Price: $36.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 016011 Bookseller: Lake Macquarie Secondhand Books
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