AUSTRALIAN CRIME Chilling Tales of Our time.

Softcover. 1st Australian edn. The editor heads a team of journalists who have put together a wide-ranging picture of major crime in Australia. It is an enthralling account of the changing nature of crime through the years, a detailed case-by-case look at some of the most chilling events and colourful characters in Australian history. Contents include : From Settlement to the 1920s (criminal Australia: a violent history); 1960s (kidnappings, nightclubs and the Mafiosi); 1970s (madness, murder and intimidation); 1980 and Beyond (drugs, gangsters and grannies). Illus., Index. 256pp. 8vo. softcover. With 3 rubber stamps, o/w Vg. with minimal creasing to covers.