AUSTRALIAN TRUE CRIME

The attempted murder in 1984 of undercover policeman Michael Drury – shot while in his kitchen feeding his baby daughter – has been labelled the ‘lowest of low’ in Australian criminal annals.
The compelling ABC TV mini-series Blue Murder brings this dramatic crime back into the spotlight.
The case involves accusations of bribery, widespread corruption, betrayal and collusion and provides a rare insight into the mechanics of police culture.
Former Detective-Sergeant Roger Rogerson‘s part in the affair is documented and reveals the intense struggle for power that existed in the NSW police force. That struggle – the pitting of one kind of policeman against another – has had far reaching consequences.
Written in a pacy style and unfolding like a whodunit, Line Of Fire is a compelling story.

pp. xvi, 372, illusts (age tanning, name on half-title) 2nd revised edition SCARCE #100224/080125