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Throughout the past century, Melbourne has spawned its fair share of notorious. In this compelling and comprehensive book, true crime writer James Morton and former barrister and legal broadcaster Susanna Lobez take you on a tour of Melbourne's criminal past, visiting Australia's favourite larrikin Squizzy Taylor, career criminals Chopper Read and the Pettingill family, as well as chronicling the long-running Painters and Dockers' Union and recent Melbourne gang wars.

Produktbeschreibung
Throughout the past century, Melbourne has spawned its fair share of notorious. In this compelling and comprehensive book, true crime writer James Morton and former barrister and legal broadcaster Susanna Lobez take you on a tour of Melbourne's criminal past, visiting Australia's favourite larrikin Squizzy Taylor, career criminals Chopper Read and the Pettingill family, as well as chronicling the long-running Painters and Dockers' Union and recent Melbourne gang wars.
Autorenporträt
James Morton, a former defence lawyer in England, is one of Britain's leading experts on crime, and the author of more than twenty books including his best-selling Gangland series. Susanna Lobez is an actor-turned-barrister-turned-broadcaster. She has been an ABC specialist legal broadcaster 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 the co-authors of the best selling Gangland Australia as well as Dangerous to Know, an Encyclopedia of Australasian Crime. James Morton is also the co-author with Herald Sun journalist Russell Robinson of Shotgun and Standover, an account of the Painters and Dockers' Union.