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  • Code of Silence

    How one honest police officer took on Australia's most corrupt police force

    The powerful true story of the first police officer to lift the lid on police corruption in Queensland and what then happened to him.'Wherever there is power and money, there is always the risk of corruption. But everyone has a choice: to become involved or to take a stand against it.'Colin Dillon is an extraordinary man. He was the first Indigenous policeman in Australia. But that is actually a ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bastard Behind the Lines

    The extraordinary story of Jock McLaren's escape from Sandakan and his guerrilla war against the Japanese

    by Tom Gilling ...
    He escaped from Singapore's Changi prisoner of war camp to become one of Australia's great World War II guerrilla fighters.'The way I look at it is this...When you're behind the line and get yourself into trouble, you've got to get your bloody self out irrespective of anybody else. That's why I like it.'Scottish-born but a Queenslander to the bone, Jock McLaren was a true Australian hero. As a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Bastard Behind the Lines

    The Extraordinary Story of Jock McLaren's Escape From Sandakan and His Guerrilla War Against the Japanese

    by Tom Gilling ...
    'The way I look at it is this...When you're behind the line and get yourself into trouble, you've got to get your bloody self out irrespective of anybody else. That's why I like it.'Scottish-born but a Queenslander to the bone, Jock McLaren was a true Australian hero. As a prisoner he escaped twice, first from Changi and later from the infamous Sandakan POW camp in Borneo. After paddling a dugout ... Read more

    $13.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Seven Mile Beach

    by Tom Gilling ...
    From one of Australia's most acclaimed novelists—a "taut, suspenseful" psychological thriller about white lies, dark deeds, and the mysteries of self ( Publishers Weekly).It was just a harmless lie—to say he was driving Danny Grogan's car when it was caught speeding down the Sydney streets on New Year's Eve—and Danny's father, a billionaire real estate tycoon, has promised to make it worth his ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Griffith Wars

    The powerful true story of Donald Mackay's murder and the town that stood up to the Mafia

    The story behind the murder that shocked a nation.The assassination of Donald Mackay was meant to solve a problem for the mafia. Instead it roused the law-abiding citizens of Griffith to fight against the powerful criminal elements who had made their town synonymous with drugs and murder.Drawing on the personal diaries and memories of Terry Jones - who, as the editor of the local newspaper, knew ... Read more

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  • Milat

    Inside Australia's biggest manhunt - a detective's story

    A true insider's story of the Backpacker Murders from the detective who led the team that arrested Ivan Milat.Milat - the serial killer who preyed on young hitchhikers. The backpackers - the innocent victims of a brutal murderer. Belanglo - a place that became synonymous with pure evil.It was the biggest and most complex manhunt in Australian history, an investigation that gripped a nation. Behind ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

  • The Diggers of Kapyong

    The story of the Aussies who changed the course of the Korean War

    by Tom Gilling ...
    The gripping account of Australia in the Korean War and how 3RAR battalion held back an entire Chinese army division to prevent Seoul being overrun.'In the only war in which Australian soldiers ever faced off against the might of Mao, this is a revealing and spellbinding account of an extraordinary victory.' - Peter FitzSimonsWe charged and we began to get shot down . . . there were so many ... Read more

    $10.19 USD

  • The Dark Side

    The explosive story of corruption, greed and murder in the Australian drug trade

    A fierce and compelling expose of organised crime and the role of a senior law enforcement officer in Australia's multi-billion dollar drug trade.'Each year at least 10 billion is laundered in and through Australia. Much of this money is derived from illicit drugs.'Hooked on the limitless profits of the drug trade, organised crime has grown so powerful that it now poses a major threat to Australia ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Witness

    The fighting had ended but for Sandakan's most notorious prisoner the war was not over

    by Tom Gilling ...
    The fighting had ended but for Sandakan's most notorious prisoner the war was not over.'That bastard's still alive? I'm going to kill him with my bare hands.' POW Bill MoxhamAt the Australian war crimes trials that followed World War II, one prosecution witness stood out: Warrant Officer Bill Sticpewich.During his three years in the infamous Sandakan POW camp, Sticpewich had seen hundreds of ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Betrayed

    The shocking story of two undercover cops

    'I've cheated, lied and deceived people. I've ruined marriages, ruined lives, ruined relationships, ruined the health of others, not to mention my own.'What is it really like to live as an undercover cop? Joe and Jessie joined the NSW Police believing they could make a difference, but their whole life became a lie. They were cops pretending to be crooks. And their targets? Drug dealers, criminal ... Read more

    $11.49 USD

  • Project RAINFALL

    The secret history of Pine Gap

    by Tom Gilling ...
    Pine Gap is a top secret American spy base on Australian soil, but how much do we really know about it?At the height of the Cold War the chief of one of Australia's spy agencies joined three CIA men at a remote site in Central Australia to toast the success of a top secret project known in US intelligence circles as RAINFALL.The CIA listening station at Pine Gap was officially called the Joint ... Read more

    $10.19 USD

  • Smack Express

    How organised crime got hooked on drugs

    Organised crime in Australia doesn't just exist on our television screens. The real world of serious crime operates every day and in every state of the country. It is a multi-billion dollar business and at its core are the drug trade and a world of secrecy and self-protection where intimidation and violence are used as the first and only resort.Smack Express takes us deep into this world and ... Read more

    $10.19 USD