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Published 01-02-2016
ISBN 9780522877274
Pages 588
Subjects True crime
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Dangerous to Know

An Australasian Crime Compendium: Updated Edition

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Published 01-02-2016
ISBN 9780522877274
Pages 588
Subjects True crime
Imprint MUP POD

Following the success of their bestselling Gangland Australia, James Morton and Susanna Lobez turn their attention to crime and criminals, both organised and disorganised, in Australia and New Zealand over the last century.

Dangerous to Know documents murderers known and not so well known, conmen and their victims, street gangs of the early twentieth century, crime lords of the 1920s, dock warlords of the 1970s, bikers, sex offenders and the drug gangs of today, as well as the wrongly accused and wrongly convicted. They’re all here, as well as the police, lawyers and judges who have tried to deal with them.

James Morton, a former defence lawyer in England, is one of Britain's leading experts on crime, and the author of more than twenty books including his best-selling Gangland series. He also co-authors Shotgun and Standover, an account of the Painters and Dockers' union. Together with Susannah Lobez, he has written four books including Dangerous to…

Susanna Lobez is an actor-turned-barrister-turned-broadcaster. She has been an ABC specialist legal presenter on The Law Report (radio) and Law Matters (TV). She has written feature articles for The Age and columns for the Sunday Herald Sun. She co-authors 11 books together with James Morton, including the bestselling Dangerous to Know and Kings of Stings.