Sins of the Brother
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4.3 • 36 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Like the Beaumont children and the Azaria Chamberlain cases before it, the backpacker murder case in Belanglo State Forest has entered Australian criminal folklore. Seven young people, most of them foreigners backpacking around Australia, brutally murdered, their remains uncovered in 1992 and 1993. It would take scores of police over three years, countless hours of forensic investigation, thousands of false leads and a few precious clues to charge and convict Ivan Milat for their horrific deaths.
Sins of the Brother is the definitive work on Ivan Milat, his family and the murders. Almost four years in the making, informed by exclusive interviews with members of the Milat family, key police investigators and Crown lawyers, this book reveals a family culture so bizarre it would lead inexorably to murder. It also scrutinises the police investigation-its remarkable success and failures, the dramatic turning point and the backbiting and bitterness that followed Milat's arrest.
Thought-provoking, totally unsalacious, an exploration of the darker side of Australian life as a whole, Sins of the Brother is a detailed and gripping read-a psychological thriller come to life.
Customer Reviews
Enthralling
Those looking for a blow by blow description of the backpacker murders will be disappointed. This is not that type of book. However if you are interested in answering the questions 'how did this happen'? and 'what could produce a serial killer like Milat'? then you'll be as fascinated by this book as I was.
Essentially it is a psychological profile of Milat and his family of origin and that's what makes it so interesting. That and the fact it could so easily happen again.
Very interesting
Great book! Goes very in depth of the back packers murders and shows that scum for what he done