2007
First Published
4.75
Average Rating
239
Number of Pages
The extensive collection of police forensic negatives casts a fascinating light on the shadowy underworld of Sydney between the wars.
Avg Rating
4.75
Number of Ratings
51
5 STARS
78%
4 STARS
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3 STARS
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Author
Peter Doyle
Author · 9 books
Peter Doyle was born in Maroubra, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. He worked as a taxi driver, musician, and teacher before writing his first book, "Get Rich Quick", which won the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Crime Novel. He has published two further books featuring protagonist Billy Glasheen, "Amaze Your Friends" and "The Devil’s Jump", and a fourth, "The Big Whatever", is slated for publication in October 2014. He is also the author of the acclaimed "City of Shadows: Sydney Police Photographs 1912–1948" and "Crooks Like Us". In 2010 Doyle received the Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award.
