Greg Haddrick
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Janet confronts a hornet's nest of illegal gambling, organized crime and money laundering while tracking the tragic death of a young sports star. What begins as a sport betting investigation soon unmasks the elite professional sportsmen and women, and their connection to the shadowy underbelly of performance enhancing drugs, match fixing, kickbacks and ultimately murder.
Publisher
Distributed by Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Good cops, bad cops, strippers, gamblers, gunmen, dealers, bouncers, dreamers and bagmen. In 1988 they were all to be found on Sydney's Kings Cross...the Golden Mile was their playground, and they played like there was no tomorrow"--Container.
3) Cloudstreet
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Two flawed families, each scarred by catastrophe, find a home for their hearts in this acclaimed Australian miniseries. Adapted by Tim Winton from his award-winning novel, set around Perth from 1943-63, it's gripping, poignant, and gorgeous. The Lambs are hardworking and God-fearing, the Pickles are luckless and derelict, yet they find common ground beneath the same roof.
Publisher
Distributed by Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Melbourne, 1985. The Carlton Crew is the dominant crime syndicate, and a decade-long gangland war is about to take place, which will bring the city to its knees. Tied to these events is the rise and fall of career criminal Carl Williams, the man who sought to be the king of Melbourne's underworld"--Container.
Publisher
Distributed by Entertainment One
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Australia, 1976. Hard drugs hit the nation like a tsunami. Drug money flooded the underworld. With the new money came a new breed of hard men and willing women. Two names stood above all others--blazing across the underworld and changing the face of organized crime in Australia forever--Aussie Bob Trimbole and Kiwi Terry Clark"--Container.
Publisher
Distributed by Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
In 1788, Mary Bryant, a starving young Cornwall girl, is convicted of a petty crime and sentenced to seven years in the Australian penal colony of Botany Bay. When Mary initiates an escape, she embarks on an arduous four thousand-mile journey toward freedom in a tragic and triumphant story that would make her one of history's most fascinating and courageous unsung heroines.--Container.