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Cops, Drugs, Lawyer X and Me (PB) by Paul Dale; Vikki Petraitis
Category: True Crime
'How did a kid from the country who dreamed of joining the Victoria Police, end up on the wrong side of the bars? There are a lot of reasons, and I hope this story will help clarify some of them, not only for you, the reader, but for me too, because a lot of the time I am left shaking my head, wondering ...Show more
Crime Scene Investigations: More Great Forensics Stories from the Australian Police Files by Vikki Petraitis
Category: True Crime
Focussing on the forensics and case solving behind four separate crimes in Victoria. Australian author.
Dog Squad by Vikki Petraitis
Category: True Crime
Brilliant and heroic, the dogs and handlers of the Dog Squad put themselves on the front line every day to fight crime and keep citizens safe. Meet Ruger, the go-get-'em police dog that bit through a couch to catch a cat burglar, and PD Butch, the courageous dog that put its life on the line to defuse v ...Show more
Forensics by Vikki Petraitis
Category: True Crime
Vikki Petraitis has interviewed Australian police from Forensics, Fingerprints, Criminal Investigation Units and Homicide to write these stranger-than-fiction true crime stories.
Once a Copper The Life and Times of Brian ‘The Skull’ Murphy by Vikki Petraitis
Category: True Crime
Petraitis explores the many facets of The Skull's story. Starting on the mean streets of South Melbourne, to his early years as a policeman, then his fight against police corruption. Dodging crooks and corruption on both sides of the thin blue line, The Skull carefully cultivated a reputation for being ...Show more
Police Stories by Vikki Petraitis
Category: True Crime
Vikki Petraitis has spent hundreds of hours interviewing police and even accompanying them on active duty to compile this collection of stories from the frontline of policing. Police officers from many fields of service, from Fingerprints, Search and Rescue to Homicide, have told her some of their 'best ...Show more
Salvation: the True Story of Rod Braybon's Fight for Justice by Vikki Petraitis
Category: Biography
The Frankston Murders by Vikki Petraitis
Category: True Crime
Back in the 1990s Melbourne writer Vikki Petraitis set the benchmark for Australian true crime with her bestselling books The Phillip Island Murder and The Frankston Murders. The latter came about because Vikki was doing interviews with members of Victoria Police for her second book of true crime storie ...Show more
The Frankston Serial Killer by Vikki Petraitis
Category: True Crime
Back in the 1990s Melbourne writer Vikki Petraitis set the benchmark for Australian true crime with her bestselling books The Phillip Island Murder and The Frankston Murders. The latter came about because Vikki was doing interviews with members of Victoria Police for her second book of true crime storie ...Show more