Australian Serial Killers

by Gordon Kerr

The city of Perth in Western Australia was the kind of place where people rarely bothered to lock their doors; they were friendly and always ready to lend a helping hand to neighbours. That all changed when Eric Edgar Cooke launched his one-man crime wave, a spree of senseless killing that shocked Perth, changing the city and its inhabitants forever. Read the horrific account of Cooke's killings as well as the stories of many other Australian serial killers – doing it because they had the urge and ... because they enjoyed it too much to stop. Contents: Eric Edgar Cooke, William the Mutilator Macdonald, Paul Charles Denyer, Ivan Milat, The Snowtown Murderers, John Wayne Glover, Peter Dupas, Catherine and David Birnie

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction, Crime

60 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 11, 2011

About the author

Gordon Kerr was born in the Scottish new town of East Kilbride and worked in the wine trade and then bookselling and publishing before becoming a full-time writer. He is the author of numerous books in a variety of genres, including art, history, true crime, travel and humour. He has a wife and two children and lives in Hampshire and—when he can—South West France.

Reviews

[♥ Marlene♥ · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick read with some very interesting cases. Unknown cases to me although of course I had heard about Ivan Milat.

Some cases intrigued me like the Snowtown Murders. That was when I discovered there were 3 books written about this case so I stopped reading and I hope I can find one of the books.

Well written but could have been a bit longer but good read.

ETA: I see I forgot to rate this book. Wish we could give 3.5

[Brenda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick little read, would have gotten 5 stars easy if the stories had been longer and more in-depth. Not one of these stories was easy to read about and I would have liked to have known a bit more about these people; it was very well written, just too short on the details.