The killing streets / Tanya Bretherton
- Bib ID:
- 8554815
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Bretherton, Tanya, author
- Online Access:
- National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
- Related Online Resources:
- Thumbnail
- Edition:
- ebook edition.
- Access Conditions:
- National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries.
- Description:
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- Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2020
- ©2020
- 1 online resource (unpaged)
- ISBN:
- 9780733642401
- Series:
- Australian Crime Vault.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of Access: Available online.
- Summary:
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From the acclaimed author of The Suitcase Baby and The Suicide Bride, the fascinating story of a series of horrific murders that began in 1930s Sydney - and a killer who remained at large for over two decades. In December 1932, as the Depression tightened its grip, the body of a woman was found in Queens Park, Sydney. It was a popular park. There were houses in plain view. Yet this woman had been violently murdered without anyone noticing. Other equally brutal and shocking murders of women in public places were to follow. Australia's first serial killer was at large. Police failed to notice the similarities between the victims until the death of one young woman - an aspiring Olympic swimmer - made the whole city take notice. On scant evidence, the unassuming Eric Craig was arrested. But the killings didn't stop... A compelling story of a city crippled by fear and what happens when victims are blamed and suspects are presumed guilty, The Killing Streets investigates how a murderer could remain free to kill again.
- Notes:
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- "Uncovering Australia's first serial murderer". -- Front cover.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Also available in print.
- Awards:
- Winner of the 2020 danger prize.
- Subject:
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- Murder -- Investigation -- New South Wales -- Sydney
- Serial murderers -- New South Wales -- Sydney
- True crime stories -- New South Wales -- Sydney
- 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
- Australasian & Pacific history
- History - Australia & Oceania
- History - Modern - 20th Century
- History / Social History
- Social & cultural history
- True Crime - General
- True crime
- True stories
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2020
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