Badlands by Liam Houlihan - ISBN: 9780522858471
Paperback
When it comes to Australia’s most baffling, bizarre and brutal modern murders, very little is as it seems. This unpacks the compelling psychological riddles, inspired investigations and sensational plot twists of 13 sordid contemporary homicides.

Badlands

Australia's 13 Most Intriguing True Murders

$65.56

  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    1 July 2011

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Summary

Two bound Thai prostitutes are thrown into a Northern Territory river teeming with crocodiles. An elderly father and son are chopped to pieces by tomahawk-wielding ferals in Tasmania. A ‘brave heart’ youth worker is found savagely battered to death in Sydney for no apparent reason, mysteriously with false teeth in his pocket. When it comes to our most baffling, bizarre and brutal modern murders, very little is as it seems. Badlands unpacks the compelling psychological riddles, inspired invest…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780522858471
ISBN-10:0522858473
Author:Liam Houlihan
Publisher:Melbourne University Press
Imprint:Victory Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:1 July 2011
Weight:250g
Dimensions:199mm x 134mm x 22mm
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“Makes

“Makes [the drama series] Underbelly look like a kids’ tea party.” –Mick Gatto, Italian-Australian heavyweight boxer

About The Author

Liam Houlihan

Liam Houlihan is an award-winning journalist and former lawyer. He has reported from New York, Washington DC, from Sri Lanka after the tsunami, and Singapore for underworld figure Mick Gatto’s pursuit of missing Opes Prime money. He was the Sunday Herald Sun’s crime reporter for five years from 2007 until 2011 during the rise and fall of police chiefs Christine Nixon and Simon Overland. He is currently a News Editor at the Herald Sun.

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