Underbelly: The Gangland War: The Gangland WarThe book behind the hard-hitting TV drama First he got lucky. Then he got life. They called Carl Williams 'The Truth' but the truth was he was just a fat kid with a pill press and a taste for fast food, fast women and fast bucks. He got lucky the day Jason Moran shot him in the belly instead of in the head. Carl didn't return the favour: one by one, Moran and his brother and father and their mates were shot dead during an underworld war that was really an extermination program. But Carl's luck ran out when the Purana Taskforce came calling. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 35 years. And that's the truth. This is Australia's underbelly ... bullet holes and all. |
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The Gangland War John Silvester, Andrew Rule. Williams, with his plump, pleasant face, his shorts and T-shirts, did not look like an influential crime boss who could and would order a death with a phone call. As a strategist he would ...
The Gangland War John Silvester, Andrew Rule. Williams, with his plump, pleasant face, his shorts and T-shirts, did not look like an influential crime boss who could and would order a death with a phone call. As a strategist he would ...
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The Gangland War John Silvester, Andrew Rule. they found a high-tech handgun fitted with a silencer and a laser sight. They also found a heap of amphetamine pills that had been stamped through a pill press to appear as ecstasy tablets ...
The Gangland War John Silvester, Andrew Rule. they found a high-tech handgun fitted with a silencer and a laser sight. They also found a heap of amphetamine pills that had been stamped through a pill press to appear as ecstasy tablets ...
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The Gangland War John Silvester, Andrew Rule. Also, The Runner had never met Moran and Williams did not provide him with a picture. They finally spotted him in late February at a Red Rooster outlet in Gladstone Park. Williams was not ...
The Gangland War John Silvester, Andrew Rule. Also, The Runner had never met Moran and Williams did not provide him with a picture. They finally spotted him in late February at a Red Rooster outlet in Gladstone Park. Williams was not ...
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The Gangland War John Silvester, Andrew Rule. Lewis once. I haven't got a problem with Lewis. If he thinks he has a problem with me I can say he can sleep peacefully.' Not only was Williams a murderer but he was also, it would seem, a ...
The Gangland War John Silvester, Andrew Rule. Lewis once. I haven't got a problem with Lewis. If he thinks he has a problem with me I can say he can sleep peacefully.' Not only was Williams a murderer but he was also, it would seem, a ...
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The Gangland War John Silvester, Andrew Rule. ONE of the most boring jobs in a long investigation is to monitor police bugging devices. The Purana taskforce virtually dominated the technical capacity of the entire crime department with ...
The Gangland War John Silvester, Andrew Rule. ONE of the most boring jobs in a long investigation is to monitor police bugging devices. The Purana taskforce virtually dominated the technical capacity of the entire crime department with ...
Contents
The fugitive | |
Out of his league | |
The first domino | |
The mourning after CONTENTS | |
Mad bad then | |
The Italian jobs | |
Inside | |
The tide turns | |
Quarter to midnight | |
Counterpunch | |
Cool beer cold blood | |
The double cross | |
Rats in the ranks | |
Body blow | |
Alas mad Richard | |
Black Mark | |
Pop culture | |
The deadly circle | |
A hole in the Iron Curtain | |
Sitting duck | |
Going the distance | |
Married to the | |
Playing with snakes | |
Endplay | |
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