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 investigations and sensational plot twists of thirteen sordid contemporary homicides.
Taking in the full sweep of humanity, from bumbling junkies to rich white rappers, illustrious art critics, deranged killers and tenacious cops, Liam Houlihan melds exclusive interviews and scrupulous research to bring us the most riveting stories from the depths of Australia's Badlands.</
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Melbourne University Press
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Höhe: 199 mm
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978-0-522-85847-1 (9780522858471)
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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.
