Search Results: True Crime from Diversity Books, IOBA

Crows Nest, N.S.W., Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2008. xvi, + 300pp., plus 1 x 8 page b/white illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has a very minor bump to top edge of rear panel. "For ten years, Steve Utah was a Bandidos insider. Her arranged the security of their clubhouses and electronic surveillance and counter surveillance. He 'cooked' ecstasy and ice for them. He was at meetings where interstate and overseas drug and weapons smuggling was planned . . . It all became too much and, in an attempt to regain control of his life, Utah resorted to the unthinkable: he rolled over to the police and became an informant . . . " Contents include: Prologue, 27 chapters, Epilogue. Book weight approx. 440g. . First Edition, 3rd Impression . Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Crown Content, 2002. xx, + 278pp., b/white prison layout map front endpapers. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Flapped card wrapper minimally edgeworn, head and foot of spine. Only two days before Christmas, 2000, Kerry Danes was abducted from his office and taken, by Lao secret police, to an undisclosed location within the capital city of Vientiane. His wife Kay was also captured, while attempting to make her way, with their two youngest children, across the bridge to Thailand. So began their year long nightmare in Phonthong Prison, where human rights are practically non-existent . . . Book weight approx. 680g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Very Good +.

Camberwell, VIC, Australia: Penguin Group/Michael Joseph, 2012. 250pp. Unpaginated, colour-plate section. Book clean and square. Spine firm, with a minor reading crease there-on. Illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped, with several blind indentations. Textblock undamaged. In January, 2010, a respectable, church-going, wealthy, Melbourne father-of-two returned from interstate by plane. Instead of returning home to his family, Herman Rockefeller carried a secret - he engaged in the secretive world of swingers and sex . . . It was to cost him his life. This is the sordid story . . . Contents include: Prelims., Part 1/ Before. Part 2/ What Follows. Afterword. Notes on Sources. Acks. Book weight approx. 340g. . First Edition, First Impression. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - (approx. 23cm x 15cm).

Melbourne, VIC, Australia: BAS Publishing, 2006. 524pp., plus 8 page, b/white, photographically-illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm, reading-crease there-on. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn and indented. "This is a chronology of Australian murder, gruesome yet fascinating, featuring more than 200 cases, from axe killings to poison and even death by fire . . . murders from the colonial era, starting with the convict who turned cannibal, right up to the modern era, including the case of a Melbourne man who used a cross-bow to kill his wife and daughter . . . " Book weight approx. 565g.. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

South Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Echo Publishing, 2017. 259pp., plus 1 x 8 page b/white illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper minimally surface indented, store security sticker to inside rear cover. From the rear panel: "From secretive online followers to jealous ex-lovers and obsessed admirers through to random strangers and crazed criminals, this unnerving book will provide an insight into the minds of stalkers, and reveal how their sinister actions affect their victims . . . More than one hundred real life case studies from around the world highlight the sometimes deadly, but always distressing circumstances." Book weight approx. 370g. . Reprint. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

London: Atlantic Books, 2003. 209pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper very good. From the rear cover: "The jaw-dropping true story of an ordinary man who finds $1.2 million in the street . . . Joey Coyle lived with his ailing mother and a drug habit he could barely support . . . A vivid portrait of a man faced with an extraordinary dilemma and a pulsating story of greed, generosity and betrayal." Book weight approx. 360g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, Second Impression. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cremorne, Victoria, Australia: Echo Publishing, 2016. 376pp. Unpaginated b/white halftone plate section. Book clean. Spine firm, a soft reading crease there-on. Illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn, bumped and creased on foredge corners, plus an abraded 'name'? on plain inner front wrap. Textblock nominally bumped only. 'Forever Nine' chronicles the fatal abduction of Sydney schoolgirl Samantha Knight who seemingly vanished into thin air from a Bondi street in August, 1986. The primary author, Denise Hofman, spent time working with the man who admitted the crime when they worked as amateur archaeologists . . . This is the confronting story . . . Contents include: Prelims., Author's Prefaces. Introduction. Prologue. 32 chapters. Epilogue. Acks. Endnotes. Book weight approx. 505g. . Reprint. Softcover. Good+. 8vo - (approx. 23cm x 15cm).

New York: St Martins Press, 1985. viii, + 307pp., b/white map. Book clean, square. Spine firm, red title there-on. Plain black boards undamaged. Foxing flecks to textblock edges, endpapers, and pastedowns, otherwise leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket foxed on reverse. " An odyssey through Columbia's cocaine underworld . . . a travel masterpiece to put with the most inspired writings of Paul Theroux and Hunter S. Thompson, a perilous, unpredictable journey to South America in search of 'The Great Cocaine Story' . . . " Contents include: Preface, 27 chapters, Author's Note. Book weight approx. 610g.. First U.S. Edition, 1st Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Wilkinson Publishing, 2009. 96pp. Small, b/white, chapter-header b/white halftone plate portrait illustrations. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper nominally bumped on foredge corners only. Textblock unmarked. This book features the women in the lives of some of Australia's notorious 'gangsters' of the 1980s-90s, and 2000s . . . Contents include: Prelims., Introduction. Roberta of Melbourne. The Women of the Organisation of H. A Hard Man's Woman. Rent-A-Kill's Lady Macbeth. Book weight approx. 130g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post as a small parcel.. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - (approx. 20.5cm x 14cm).

New York: Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, 2003. 287pp., plus 8 page, b/white, photographically illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has the slightest of bumps to lower edge near spine, else very good. "In a twenty-year career marked by obsessive secrecy, brutality and meticulous planning, Martin Cahill, a.k.a the General, netted over forty million pounds. His criminal record included assasination, kidnapping, bombings, and one of the world's largest art and gold heists . . . Martin Cahill not only refused to respect the police, he refused to pay tribute to the IRA . . . " Includes Prologue, Epilogue, and Glossary. Book weight approx. 355g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus, 1st Impression.. Softcover. Very Good +.

Frenchs Forest, N.S.W., Australia: Reed New Holland, 2005. 175pp., unpaginated colour and b/white halftone plate section, printed endpapers, plus intext illustrations and tables. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Plain black boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. In 1996, a young mother of two was brutally murdered and her body dumped in parkland near Noosa, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Despite suspicions, evidence in the crime was thin until the investigating police called in a forensic palynologist - a pollen specialist. The author tells the story of how a few grains of pollen eventually led to a conviction for murder . . . Contents include: Prelims., In the Beginning, numerous chapters, Epilogue, Glossary and Abbs., References. Book weight approx. 440g. . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: John Blake Publishing, 2001. 270pp., plus 3 x 8 page, colour, photographically illustrated sections. B/white halftone author portrait illustration, plus b/white halftone subject illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Black boards undamaged. Leaves clean, slightest hint of tanning to edges. Illustrated dustjacket minimally worn and creased at edges. The sequel to 'Hard Bastards'. "Kate Kray's marriage to Ronnie Kray gave her a unique insight into a world of criminal activity and has helped her to gain access to some of Britain's most notorious gangsters . . . The men you are about to meet in these pages are hardcore. A hard core of hard bastards . . . " Contents include: Foreword, 24 'hard bastards', Conclusion. Book weight approx. 640g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, Second Impression.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good.

South Yarra, Victoria, Australia: Hardie Grant Books, 2000. xi, + 230pp., intext, candid b/white halftone plate illustrations throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper creased on lower foredge, otherwise light edgewear. "Reaches into the minds of the Police, eliciting confessions great and small from these guardians of our society. It discovers what made them who they are; why they joined the Force; what they give, what they take, what they gain; what they lose.all in the course of duty . . . ". Book weight approx. 360g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Collingwood, VIC, Australia: Ken Finn Books, 2010. 208pp., b/white illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated, flapped card wrapper negligibly edgeworn only. " . . . provides a concise yet detailed look at some of the most dangerous individuals who have ever lived in Australia. Author Nigel Cawthorne unflinchingly presents a carefully chosen cross-section of the country's most infamous criminals, making for a chilling yet engrossing read . . . " Introduction, numerous contents under three 'sections': Gangs and the Oz Underbelly, Natural Born Killers, Career Criminals, Index. Book weight approx. 608g. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition.. Softcover with Fold-in Flaps. Very Good +.

Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Institute of Criminology, 1991. ix, + 39pp., intext tables, and a pie-chart. Booklet clean. Staples tight. Leaves clean. Printed limp wrapper nominally edgeworn and soiled. A stand-alone No. 4 in the Australian Institute of Criminology 'Monograph' series offers statistical data on homicide in Australia 1989-90, including Incident, Victim, Offender, Relationship, Shared characteristics, Patterns of homicide, Conclusion and Refs. Booklet weight approx. 100g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. First Edition. Softcover-Staplebound Booklet. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

U.S.A.: University of Nebraska Press (Bison Books), 1982. xiv, + 288pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Printed card wrapper minimally bumped only. Textblock unmarked. French philiosopher, historian and writer (Paul-) Michel Foucalt (1926-1984) collected relevant documents, police records, and the killer's memoir to compile this chilling account of Frenchman Pierre Riviere's (1815-1840) murder of his mother, 18-year-old sister, and 7-year -old brother, using a pruning hook to cut them to death - all to 'free' his father and himself from his mother's tyranny . . . The memoirs contained herein, justifying the whole gruesome tale, were written by Pierre Riviere whilst in prison . . . Contents include: Prelims., Foreword. The Dossier. Notes. Book weight approx. 335g. . First Thus, 5th Impression. Softcover. Very Good+. 8vo - (approx. 20cm x 13.5cm).

New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2007. 299pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, short remainder mark to lower text-block edge. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly surface-indented. From the rear panel: "American jails and prisons confine nearly 13.5 million people each year. Despite these disturbing numbers, little is known about life inside beyond the mythology of popular culture. Michael G. Santos, a federal prisoner nearing the end of his second decade of continuous confinement, documents the lives of the men warehoused in the American prison system . . . " Book weight approx. 315g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Softcover. Very Good.

London: Phoenix, 2002. xxiii, 405pp. Book clean, square, Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper very good+. From the rear panel: "In December, 1995, Gilbert Bland was chased from a rare book room of John Hopkins University, clutching four 232-year-old maps. He turned out to be one of the greatest map thieves in history . . . Miles Harvey returns to the libraries whose collections were so depleted by Bland's thieving to try to fill the gaps in this enigmatic man's life. He meets the 'keeper's of the books', who go to extraordinary lengths to obtain and preserve the maps in their libraries; the brash, self-described 'biggest map-dealer of the twentieth-century'; and the closed community of dealers whose honourable world was shattered by Gilbert Bland." Includes Index. Book weight approx. 352g. (This book will post as a small parcel within Australia only, and postage charge will be reduced accordingly). Reprint. Softcover. Very Good+. 8vo -… Read More

Scoresby, VIC, Australia: Five Mile Press, 2012. 256pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper very good. From the rear cover: " . . . a courtroom-drama collection of some of the most extraordinary defences tried in Australian manslaughter and murder trials . . . The cases in this book are 'whydunits'. While 'whodunits' focus on catching criminals, 'whydunits' challenge juries and judges to understand why people kill, and to decide what our society is prepared to forgive." Contents include: Foreword, 12 'Excuses'. Book weight approx. 360g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . Reprint. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

North Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: William Heinemann, 2010. x, + 271pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly scuffed, small, soft crease to rear panel. "Both a haunting memoir and a gripping legal thriller, this is the story of David Dow, a Texas death row attorney, whose life is thrown upside down when he becomes convinced that one of his clients is innocent . . . " Book weight approx. 390g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . First Australian Edition.. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.