Australian Murders - Jim Main

Shootings, stabbings, stranglings, poisonings and even axe killings. There are more than 100 murders in this chilling account of Australia's most celebrated cases, many attracting worldwide interest, from infamous nineteenth century 'baby farming' to Melbourne's recent 'society murder' - the killing of Margaret Wales-King.

This virtually is an encyclopedia of Australia's most infamous murders. Most of the featured murders were solved, but there are several that are still mysteries today. There are more than a century of murders, right up to the twenty-first century. Gruesome, but fascinating. All immensely readable.