Karen from AustCrime's Blog – February 2010 Archive (3)

(TRUE CRIME) Review - Confessions of a Crooked Cop, Sean Padraic

Book Title: CONFESSIONS OF A CROOKED COP

Author: Sean Padraic

Publisher: ABC Books / Harper Collins

Copyright: 2010

ISBN: 978-0-7333-2817-6

No of Pages: 295

Book Synopsis:

Detective Sergeant Trevor Haken was one of the infamous Golden Mile's most crooked cops. Now he lives in hiding, in a hell of his own creation.

Graduating from small bribes to stealing money and receiving kickbacks from drug dealers, Haken became an informant for the Wood Royal… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on February 23, 2010 at 4:12pm — No Comments

Review - Skin and Bones, Tom Bale

Book Title: SKIN AND BONES

Author: Tom Bale

Publisher: Preface Publishing

Copyright: 2010

ISBN: 978-1-84809-073-6

No of Pages: 438

Book Synopsis:

On a cold January morning, a nightmare awaits in a small Sussex village. A deranged young man goes on the rampage, shooting everyone in his path before taking his own life. It is a senseless, tragic event, but sadly not an unfamiliar one. At least, that's what everyone thinks.

Book Review:

Tom… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on February 9, 2010 at 11:17am — No Comments

Review - The Devil's Tears, Steven Horne

Book Title: THE DEVIL'S TEARS

Author: Steven Horne

Publisher: Pan MacMillan Australia

Copyright: 2010

ISBN: 978-1-4050-4006-8

No of Pages: 334

Book Synopsis:

1975: When bloody war ravages his beloved Portuguese Timor, Cesar da Silva flees with his wife and children from a country in flames. But in their desperate bid for freedom, amidst the chaos and devastation, Cesar's young family becomes separated. Believing his wife and two daughters dead,… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on February 2, 2010 at 11:09am — No Comments