Gangland Queensland

A comprehensive investigation of organized crime in Queensland, Australia, this study heads north of the border to tell the exploits of a colorful pantheon of mobsters, shysters, club owners, drug dealers, Black Hand gangs, crooked police, and bikers throughout the last century. Beginning with the drug and sex trades of the early 1900sand including the infamous fire at the Whiskey Au Go Go club, the explosive revelations of The Fitzgerald Inquiry, and organized crime syndicates such as Japan's Yakuzathis account discusses these topics in forensic and fascinating detail.

James Morton is one of Britain’s leading experts on crime and the author of numerous books, including Catching the Killers, Gangland Today, and The First Detective: The Life and Revolutionary Time of Vidocq. Susanna Lobez is a broadcaster and a former ABC legal specialist. Her columns have been featured in the Sunday Herald Sun. They are the coauthors of the bestselling Dangerous to Know, Gangland Australia, and Kings of Stings.