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Author |
: John Silvester |
Publisher |
: Allen & Unwin |
Total Pages |
: 320 |
Release |
: 2010-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781741769678 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1741769671 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Underbelly: The Gangland War by : John Silvester
The book behind the hard-hitting TV drama. This is Australia's underbelly ... bullet holes and all.
Author |
: Anthony Dowsley |
Publisher |
: HarperCollins |
Total Pages |
: 325 |
Release |
: 2020-09-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781460711835 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1460711831 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lawyer X by : Anthony Dowsley
Underbelly meets Molly's Game - the true crime investigation that rewrote the story of Melbourne's infamous gangland war and triggered a royal commission. Melbourne's gangland war was an era dominated by murders, stings, hits, drug busts, corruption and greed - inspiring bestselling books and even a popular TV series, Underbelly. It took the police a decade to curtail the violence and bring down criminal kingpins Carl Williams, Tony Mokbel and their accomplices. When the police finally closed the case file, just how they really won the war, with the help of an unlikely police informer, would become a closely guarded secret and its exposure, the biggest legal scandal of our time. Lawyer X is the scandalous, true story of how a promising defence barrister from a privileged background broke all the rules - becoming both police informer and her client's lover - sharing their secrets and shaping the gangland war that led to sensational arrests and convictions. The story of how Nicola Gobbo became Lawyer X, and why, is a compelling study in desperation and determination. Lawyer X is the definitive story of Melbourne's gangland wars and its most glamorous and compelling central character, based on the ground-breaking work of investigative journalists Anthony Dowsley and Patrick Carlyon, who broke the story for the Herald Sun in 2014, and their five-year struggle to reveal the truth about the identity of Lawyer X.
Author |
: Adam Shand |
Publisher |
: Penguin Group Australia |
Total Pages |
: 320 |
Release |
: 2012-10-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781742535548 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1742535542 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis Carl Williams by : Adam Shand
Unlikely crime boss, serial killer, prison snitch, suburban boy turned bad, cult hero – who was the real Carl Williams? When the 'baby-faced killer' met his shocking end in Barwon Prison's maximum-security unit, he left in his wake a trail of brutal murders, an underworld in flames, a police service stinking of corruption, and a broken family. How could a bogan boy from Broadmeadows, underestimated by all as lazy and stupid, have risen to the top of Melbourne's crime scene and created such widespread havoc? Bestselling author Adam Shand takes us into Carl's world: the family poverty that made him hungry for success at any cost, the shifting sands of allegiances within the rival crime factions, and the fear, greed and thirst for revenge that drove him to murder. From Williams' early forays into the drug trade, the gunshot wound to the stomach that sparked a bloody gangland war, through to the car-crash fascination of his relationship with Roberta, Shand shows us the man behind the cocky grin, and examines how and why he came to his grisly end.
Author |
: John Silvester |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 232 |
Release |
: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0958607184 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780958607186 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Underbelly 5 by : John Silvester
She had the will.He had the way.The old lady just wanted to enjoy her last few years. The adopted son wanted to inherit her savings. He persuaded his own son to bash her to death. He got the lot and bought a yacht to sail the Pacific. His son got fifteen years jail. Money has no morality. Greed has no guilt.
Author |
: Jared Savage |
Publisher |
: HarperCollins |
Total Pages |
: 223 |
Release |
: 2020-12-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781775491934 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1775491935 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis Gangland by : Jared Savage
New Zealand's underworld of organised crime and deadly gangs 'The best true-crime book of the year by a long stretch.' - Steve Braunias, Newsroom 'A series of rip-snorting yarns about gangs, drugs, fancy cars, wads of cash, violence, and guns - Aotearoa New Zealand style.' - Simon Bridges New Zealand is now one of the most lucrative illicit drug markets in the world. Organised crime is about making money. It's a business. But over the past 20 years, the dealers have graduated from motorcycle gangs to Asian crime syndicates and now the most dangerous drug lords in the world - the Mexican cartels. In Gangland, award-winning investigative reporter Jared Savage shines a light into New Zealand's rising underworld of organised crime and violent gangs. The brutal execution of a husband-and-wife; the undercover cop who infiltrated a casino VIP lounge; the midnight fishing trip which led to the country's biggest cocaine bust; the gangster who shot his best friend in a motorcycle shop: these stories go behind the headlines and open the door to an invisible world - a world where millions of dollars are made, life is cheap, and allegiances change like the flick of a switch.
Author |
: Judith Moran |
Publisher |
: Random House Australia |
Total Pages |
: 306 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781741660029 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1741660025 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis My Story by : Judith Moran
Judith Moran is a remarkable survivor. Aged sixteen she was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and was told she had twelve months to live. In remission, later she survived a horrific car accident. After meeting Lewis Moran she found herself at the centre of a gangland war in Melbourne.
Author |
: Mick Gatto |
Publisher |
: Victory Books |
Total Pages |
: 322 |
Release |
: 2011 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780522860665 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0522860664 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis I, Mick Gatto by : Mick Gatto
Mick Gatto. Gambler. Underworld veteran. Melbourne gangland survivor. Mick Gatto in his bestselling autobiography finally reveals the man behind the headlines. Gatto's unique positionandmdash;of knowing all the players in the Gangland Wars but not being involved in drug traffickingandmdash;gave him a remarkable perspective to watch the battles unfold. I, Mick Gatto is an extraordinary insight into a colourful and mysterious world that few even know exists.
Author |
: Adam Shand |
Publisher |
: Blake Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 416 |
Release |
: 2011-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 184358347X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781843583479 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (7X Downloads) |
Synopsis Big Shots by : Adam Shand
'People reckon my life has been glamorous. Well, if this is glamour, then they are just off their heads' Unbeknown to both of them, it was to be Carl Williams' last conversation behind bars with his unlikely confident, reporter Adam Shand. Shorlty after saying these words the notorious, murderous drug boss was once again in the papers ... but this time he was in a gold coffin. In the late 1990s, a feud raging between rival underworld families - a clash of a new generation with the criminal establishment - erupted in a spate of gangland slayings on Melbourne's streets. These 'gangland wars' are now familiar to everyone, largely due to the popular TV drama Underbelly. But this is the real story, as told to the author by the key figures - both the victims and the suspects - including Carl and Roberta Williams, and Mick Gatto. The author developed a surprising rapport with the Williams family and got closer than anyone to unravelling the complicated personal entaglements behind the shocking headlines. It wasn't a relationship without risks. Crackling with tension, Big Shots documents Shand's brave plunge into Melbourne's 'disorganised crime' scene. While uncovering the facts, he finds himself questioning his objectivity ... and even whether he is being used to further murderous ends. This, fully revised and definitive edition of the book, concludes with notorious criminals transformed into red-carpet celebrities, and the brutal murder that Carl Williams always knew was coming ...
Author |
: John Silvester |
Publisher |
: Kings Road Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 352 |
Release |
: 2005-07-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781844541478 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1844541479 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis Leadbelly by : John Silvester
Jason Moran was in his blue Mitsubishi van when he was gunned down with his friend, Pasquale Bardora, in front of up to 250 people in the car park of the Cross Keys Hotel. At least five children, including Moran's twin girl and boy, aged six, and his brother's own fatherless children were in the van when the gunman fired. While murdering two men in front of hundreds of people might, at first, seem wreckless, to the killer, it made perfect sense...' From the authors that brought you Mark Bradon Read's Chopper, comes a true account of the most bloodcurdling gang violence you will ever read. For the last ten years a war has raged on once safe suburban streets that has stunned the world. The killings have been particularly callous and brutal: mothers gunned down with their babies sleeping beside them, fathers killed in front of their children and couples shot down in cold blood. This is true crime at its most bloody, surreal and terrifying.
Author |
: Adrian Tame |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2019-06-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781760852207 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1760852201 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Matriarch by : Adrian Tame
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. Kathy Pettingill is a name that’s both respected and feared, not only by Australia’s criminal underworld, but by many in the Victorian police force. As the matriarch at the head of the most notorious and violent family of habitual offenders in Australian criminal history, her life has revolved around murder, drugs, prison, prostitution and bent coppers – and the intrigue and horror that surround such crimes. Her eldest son, Dennis Allen, was a mass murderer and a $70,000-a-week drug dealer who dismembered a Hell’s Angel with a chainsaw. Two younger sons were acquitted of the Walsh Street murders, the cold-blooded assassination of two police officers that changed the face of crime in Melbourne forever. One of the two, Victor, was gunned down himself in the street 14 years later, becoming the third son Kathy has buried. In this revised and updated authorised edition of Adrian Tame’s bestselling The Matriarch, Kathy Pettingill reveals the chilling truth behind many of the myths and legends that surround her family, including her experiences in the blood-spattered charnel house at the centre of Dennis Allen’s empire of drugs and violence. But this is no plea for pity. Forthright and deeply disturbing, like its subject, The Matriarch pulls no punches. Updated and revised for a new generation, this true crime classic is as terrifying and powerful as when it was first published.