Gangland North South & West by James Morton - ISBN: 9780522861242
Paperback

Gangland North South & West

  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    1 July 2013

Summary

The last volume in the best selling series, Gangland North, South & West looks at home-grown crime in South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.The last volume in the best selling series, Gangland North, South & West looks at home-grown crime in South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. In addition to contract killing, prostitution, robbery, illegal gambling and the stand-over game, in these regions there has been a healthy living to be made from gold, diamond and pearl thefts.Eastern criminals travel west, south and north to meet and do business, or battle with home-grown stalwarts such as Shiner Ryan, said to be able to open a lock with his hand behind his back; Spadger Bray, suspected of three murders and himself shot dead a decade later; blackmailing brothel madam Shirley Finn, executed on a Perth golf course, and many, many others.Gangland North, South & West is everything that makes life worth living in the underworld.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780522861242
ISBN-10:0522861245
Author:James Morton
Publisher:Melbourne University Press
Imprint:Victory Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:1 July 2013
Weight:353g
Dimensions:19mm x 155mm x 234mm
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Gangland North South & West by James Morton - ISBN: 9780522861242
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About The Author

James Morton

James Morton, a former defence lawyer, is one of Britain’s leading experts on crime, and the author of more than twenty books including the bestselling Gangland series.Susanna Lobez is an actor-turned-barrister-turned- broadcaster. She has been an ABC specialist legal presenter on The Law Report (radio) and Law Matters (TV). She has written feature articles for The Age and columns for the Sunday Herald Sun.They are also the co-authors of the bestselling Dangerous to Know and Kings of Stings. James Morton is also the co-author of Shotgun and Standover, an account of the Painters and Dockers’ union. They have written four books together.

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