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A Scandal in Bohemia: The Life and Death of Mollie Dean by Gideon Haigh
A Scandal in Bohemia: The Life and Death of Mollie Dean by Gideon Haigh
A Scandal in Bohemia: The Life and Death of Mollie Dean by Gideon Haigh
AU$22.00
After the War: Returned Soldiers and the Mental and Physical Scars of World War I by Leigh Straw
After the War: Returned Soldiers and the Mental and Physical Scars of World War I by Leigh Straw
After the War: Returned Soldiers and the Mental and Physical Scars of World War I by Leigh Straw
AU$25.00
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An Irresistible Temptation: The True Story of Jane New and a Colonial Scandal by Carol Baxter
An Irresistible Temptation: The True Story of Jane New and a Colonial Scandal by Carol Baxter
An Irresistible Temptation: The True Story of Jane New and a Colonial Scandal by Carol Baxter
AU$18.00
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Angel of Death: Dulcie Markham, Australia's Most Beautiful Bad Woman by Leigh Straw
Angel of Death: Dulcie Markham, Australia's Most Beautiful Bad Woman by Leigh Straw
Angel of Death: Dulcie Markham, Australia's Most Beautiful Bad Woman by Leigh Straw
AU$21.00
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Australian Discovery & Colonisation Volume II 1800-1831 by Samuel Bennett
Australian Discovery & Colonisation Volume II 1800-1831 by Samuel Bennett
Australian Discovery & Colonisation Volume II 1800-1831 by Samuel Bennett
AU$17.70
Australian Ripping Yarns: Cannibal Convicts, Macabre Murders, Wanton Women & Living Legends by Paul Taylor
Australian Ripping Yarns: Cannibal Convicts, Macabre Murders, Wanton Women & Living Legends by Paul Taylor
Australian Ripping Yarns: Cannibal Convicts, Macabre Murders, Wanton Women & Living Legends by Paul Taylor
AU$18.50
Australian Tragic: Gripping Tales From the Dark Side of Our History by Jack Marx
Australian Tragic: Gripping Tales From the Dark Side of Our History by Jack Marx
Australian Tragic: Gripping Tales From the Dark Side of Our History by Jack Marx
AU$22.00
Black Jack Anderson by Elaine Forrestal
Black Jack Anderson by Elaine Forrestal
Black Jack Anderson by Elaine Forrestal
Buy 2+ Australian fiction & save 40% on the lowest priced book. Offer applied at checkout.
AU$25.50
Blood Brother: Justice at Last by Robin Bowles
Blood Brother: Justice at Last by Robin Bowles
Blood Brother: Justice at Last by Robin Bowles
AU$19.00
Bloodhouse by Darcy Duggan with Michael Tatlow
Bloodhouse by Darcy Duggan with Michael Tatlow
Bloodhouse by Darcy Duggan with Michael Tatlow
AU$19.50
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Breaking the Bank: Am Extraordinary Colonial Robbery by Carol Baxter
Breaking the Bank: Am Extraordinary Colonial Robbery by Carol Baxter
Breaking the Bank: Am Extraordinary Colonial Robbery by Carol Baxter
AU$20.00
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Broken Lives by Estelle Blackburn
Broken Lives by Estelle Blackburn
Broken Lives by Estelle Blackburn
AU$21.00
Certain Admissions: A Beach, a Body and a Lifetime of Secrets by Gideon Haigh
Certain Admissions: A Beach, a Body and a Lifetime of Secrets by Gideon Haigh
Certain Admissions: A Beach, a Body and a Lifetime of Secrets by Gideon Haigh
AU$17.20
Cops, Crooks and Catastrophes: The Police as You Have Never Seen Them Before by Shirley Hardy-Rix
Cops, Crooks and Catastrophes: The Police as You Have Never Seen Them Before by Shirley Hardy-Rix
Cops, Crooks and Catastrophes: The Police as You Have Never Seen Them Before by Shirley Hardy-Rix
AU$16.00
Dark Man: Australia's First Serial Killer by Jason K Foster
Dark Man: Australia's First Serial Killer by Jason K Foster
Dark Man: Australia's First Serial Killer by Jason K Foster
AU$15.00
Deadly Australian Women by Kay Saunders
Deadly Australian Women by Kay Saunders
Deadly Australian Women by Kay Saunders
AU$23.00
Death Cell at Darlinghurst by Leslie Blackwell
Death Cell at Darlinghurst by Leslie Blackwell
Death Cell at Darlinghurst by Leslie Blackwell
AU$20.70
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Death Pudding: The Kilcoy Massacre by James G Lergessner
Death Pudding: The Kilcoy Massacre by James G Lergessner
Death Pudding: The Kilcoy Massacre by James G Lergessner
AU$23.00
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Drunks, Pests and Harlots: Criminal Women in Perth and Fremantle, 1900-1939 by Leigh S L Straw
Drunks, Pests and Harlots: Criminal Women in Perth and Fremantle, 1900-1939 by Leigh S L Straw
Drunks, Pests and Harlots: Criminal Women in Perth and Fremantle, 1900-1939 by Leigh S L Straw
AU$32.00
Eggshell Skull: A Memoir About Standing Up, Speaking Out and Fighting Back by Bri Lee
Eggshell Skull: A Memoir About Standing Up, Speaking Out and Fighting Back by Bri Lee
Eggshell Skull: A Memoir About Standing Up, Speaking Out and Fighting Back by Bri Lee
AU$24.50
Eugenia: A Man by Suzanne Falkiner
Eugenia: A Man by Suzanne Falkiner
Eugenia: A Man by Suzanne Falkiner
AU$25.00
Eugenia: A True Story of Adversity, Tragedy, Crime and Courage by Mark Tedeschi
Eugenia: A True Story of Adversity, Tragedy, Crime and Courage by Mark Tedeschi
Eugenia: A True Story of Adversity, Tragedy, Crime and Courage by Mark Tedeschi
AU$15.20
Gatton Man by Merv Lilley
Gatton Man by Merv Lilley
Gatton Man by Merv Lilley
AU$20.15
Gold, Graves and Gallows: Crimes and Calamities on the Colonial Goldfields by Tony Matthews
Gold, Graves and Gallows: Crimes and Calamities on the Colonial Goldfields by Tony Matthews
Gold, Graves and Gallows: Crimes and Calamities on the Colonial Goldfields by Tony Matthews
AU$42.00
Goodbye Junie Moon: A Vietnam War Memoir by June Collins
Goodbye Junie Moon: A Vietnam War Memoir by June Collins
Goodbye Junie Moon: A Vietnam War Memoir by June Collins
AU$19.20
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Great Australian Mysteries: Unsolved by John Pinkney
Great Australian Mysteries: Unsolved by John Pinkney
Great Australian Mysteries: Unsolved by John Pinkney
AU$19.00
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Great Australian Outback Police Stories (Great Australian Stories) by Bill "Swampy" Marsh
Great Australian Outback Police Stories (Great Australian Stories) by Bill "Swampy" Marsh
Great Australian Outback Police Stories (Great Australian Stories) by Bill "Swampy" Marsh
AU$20.00
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Greybeard by Ronald Morley
Greybeard by Ronald Morley
Greybeard by Ronald Morley
AU$20.00
Hanged: Executions in Australia by Jim Main
Hanged: Executions in Australia by Jim Main
Hanged: Executions in Australia by Jim Main
AU$22.00
Hangman: The Life and Times of Alexander Green Public Executioner to the Colony of New South Wales by Ray Beckett and Richard Beckett
Hangman: The Life and Times of Alexander Green Public Executioner to the Colony of New South Wales by Ray Beckett and Richard Beckett
Hangman: The Life and Times of Alexander Green Public Executioner to the Colony of New South Wales by Ray Beckett and Richard Beckett
AU$27.00
Jimmie Governor: Blood on the Tracks by Maurie Garland
Jimmie Governor: Blood on the Tracks by Maurie Garland
Jimmie Governor: Blood on the Tracks by Maurie Garland
AU$22.20
Joe Cinque's Consolation: A True Story of Death, Grief and the Law by Helen Garner
Joe Cinque's Consolation: A True Story of Death, Grief and the Law by Helen Garner
Joe Cinque's Consolation: A True Story of Death, Grief and the Law by Helen Garner
AU$21.00
Kidnapped: The Crime That Shocked a Nation by Mark Tedeschi
Kidnapped: The Crime That Shocked a Nation by Mark Tedeschi
Kidnapped: The Crime That Shocked a Nation by Mark Tedeschi
AU$18.00
Lasseter's Gold: The Mystery of Harold Lasseter and His Fabulously Rich Gold Reef in the Central Australian Desert by Warren Brown
Lasseter's Gold: The Mystery of Harold Lasseter and His Fabulously Rich Gold Reef in the Central Australian Desert by Warren Brown
Lasseter's Gold: The Mystery of Harold Lasseter and His Fabulously Rich Gold Reef in the Central Australian Desert by Warren Brown
AU$26.00
Last Woman Hanged: The Terrible, True Story of Louisa Collins by Caroline Overington
Last Woman Hanged: The Terrible, True Story of Louisa Collins by Caroline Overington
Last Woman Hanged: The Terrible, True Story of Louisa Collins by Caroline Overington
AU$18.00
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Last Words: The Hanging of Ronald Ryan by Barry Dickins
Last Words: The Hanging of Ronald Ryan by Barry Dickins
Last Words: The Hanging of Ronald Ryan by Barry Dickins
AU$25.00
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Lillian Armfield: How Australia’s First Female Detective Took On Tilly Devine and the Razor Gangs and Changed the Face of the Force by Leigh Straw
Lillian Armfield: How Australia’s First Female Detective Took On Tilly Devine and the Razor Gangs and Changed the Face of the Force by Leigh Straw
Lillian Armfield: How Australia’s First Female Detective Took On Tilly Devine and the Razor Gangs and Changed the Face of the Force by Leigh Straw
AU$19.00
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Line of Sight [Frank Swann Book 1] by David Whish-Wilson
Line of Sight [Frank Swann Book 1] by David Whish-Wilson
Line of Sight [Frank Swann Book 1] by David Whish-Wilson
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AU$18.50
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Lottie: A Love Affair with a Man of God and the Cruel Death that Shocked Australia by Reg Egan
Lottie: A Love Affair with a Man of God and the Cruel Death that Shocked Australia by Reg Egan
Lottie: A Love Affair with a Man of God and the Cruel Death that Shocked Australia by Reg Egan
Buy 2+ Australian fiction & save 40% on the lowest priced book. Offer applied at checkout.
AU$19.70
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Meaner Than Fiction: Powerful Australian True Crime Stories of Failed Justice edited by Lindy Cameron
Meaner Than Fiction: Powerful Australian True Crime Stories of Failed Justice edited by Lindy Cameron
Meaner Than Fiction: Powerful Australian True Crime Stories of Failed Justice edited by Lindy Cameron
AU$19.00
Mistaken Identity: The Trials of Joe Windred by Stephen Dando-Collins
Mistaken Identity: The Trials of Joe Windred by Stephen Dando-Collins
Mistaken Identity: The Trials of Joe Windred by Stephen Dando-Collins
AU$19.50
Mrs Mort's Madness: The True Story of a Sydney Scandal by Suzanne Falkiner
Mrs Mort's Madness: The True Story of a Sydney Scandal by Suzanne Falkiner
Mrs Mort's Madness: The True Story of a Sydney Scandal by Suzanne Falkiner
AU$27.00
Murder at Dusk: How US Soldier and Smiling Psychopath Eddie Leonski Terrorised Wartime Melbourne by Ian W Shaw
Murder at Dusk: How US Soldier and Smiling Psychopath Eddie Leonski Terrorised Wartime Melbourne by Ian W Shaw
Murder at Dusk: How US Soldier and Smiling Psychopath Eddie Leonski Terrorised Wartime Melbourne by Ian W Shaw
AU$23.00
Murder at Myall Creek: The Trial That Defined a Nation by Mark Tedeschi
Murder at Myall Creek: The Trial That Defined a Nation by Mark Tedeschi
Murder at Myall Creek: The Trial That Defined a Nation by Mark Tedeschi
AU$25.00
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Murder of a Messenger by Robin Grow
Murder of a Messenger by Robin Grow
Murder of a Messenger by Robin Grow
AU$22.00
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Murder on Easey Street: Melbourne's Most Notorious Cold Case by Helen Thomas
Murder on Easey Street: Melbourne's Most Notorious Cold Case by Helen Thomas
Murder on Easey Street: Melbourne's Most Notorious Cold Case by Helen Thomas
AU$19.00
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Murder, Misadventure and Miserable Ends: Tales from a Colonial Coroner's Court by Catie Gilchrist
Murder, Misadventure and Miserable Ends: Tales from a Colonial Coroner's Court by Catie Gilchrist
Murder, Misadventure and Miserable Ends: Tales from a Colonial Coroner's Court by Catie Gilchrist
AU$25.00
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Murderer No More: Andrew Mallard and the Epic Fight that Proved His Innocence by Colleen Egan
Murderer No More: Andrew Mallard and the Epic Fight that Proved His Innocence by Colleen Egan
Murderer No More: Andrew Mallard and the Epic Fight that Proved His Innocence by Colleen Egan
AU$19.50
Murdering Stepmothers: The Execution of Martha Rendell by Anna Haebich
Murdering Stepmothers: The Execution of Martha Rendell by Anna Haebich
Murdering Stepmothers: The Execution of Martha Rendell by Anna Haebich
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AU$18.55
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Murders & Mayhem at Salt Creek: The True Story of Malachi Martin by Dawn Ralfe
Murders & Mayhem at Salt Creek: The True Story of Malachi Martin by Dawn Ralfe
Murders & Mayhem at Salt Creek: The True Story of Malachi Martin by Dawn Ralfe
AU$22.00
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Noose: True Stories of Australians Who Have Died at the Gallows by Xavier Duff
Noose: True Stories of Australians Who Have Died at the Gallows by Xavier Duff
Noose: True Stories of Australians Who Have Died at the Gallows by Xavier Duff
AU$15.50
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Northern Patrol: An Australian Saga by R H Pilmer edited and annotated by Cathie Clement and Peter Bridge
Northern Patrol: An Australian Saga by R H Pilmer edited and annotated by Cathie Clement and Peter Bridge
Northern Patrol: An Australian Saga by R H Pilmer edited and annotated by Cathie Clement and Peter Bridge
AU$28.20
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Notorious Australian Women by Kay Saunders
Notorious Australian Women by Kay Saunders
Notorious Australian Women by Kay Saunders
AU$17.00
Playing Dead: True Tales of Fake Suicides by Wendy Lewis
Playing Dead: True Tales of Fake Suicides by Wendy Lewis
Playing Dead: True Tales of Fake Suicides by Wendy Lewis
AU$22.00
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Protect & Serve: A History of Policing in Western Australia by Peter Conole
Protect & Serve: A History of Policing in Western Australia by Peter Conole
Protect & Serve: A History of Policing in Western Australia by Peter Conole
AU$41.20
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Red Centre, Dark Heart by Evan McHugh
Red Centre, Dark Heart by Evan McHugh
Red Centre, Dark Heart by Evan McHugh
AU$22.00
Remembering the Myall Creek Massacre edited by Jane Lydon and Lyndall Ryan
Remembering the Myall Creek Massacre edited by Jane Lydon and Lyndall Ryan
Remembering the Myall Creek Massacre edited by Jane Lydon and Lyndall Ryan
AU$25.00
Runner by Robert Newton
Runner by Robert Newton
Runner by Robert Newton
Buy 2+ Australian fiction & save 40% on the lowest priced book. Offer applied at checkout.
AU$17.20
Settlers, Servants and Slaves: Aboriginal and European Children in Nineteenth Century Western Australia by Penelope Hetherington
Settlers, Servants and Slaves: Aboriginal and European Children in Nineteenth Century Western Australia by Penelope Hetherington
Settlers, Servants and Slaves: Aboriginal and European Children in Nineteenth Century Western Australia by Penelope Hetherington
AU$48.00
Shallow Graves: The Concealments of Killers by Peter Hoysted and Paul B Kidd
Shallow Graves: The Concealments of Killers by Peter Hoysted and Paul B Kidd
Shallow Graves: The Concealments of Killers by Peter Hoysted and Paul B Kidd
AU$17.00
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