Dead man walking
Subtitle: the murky world of Michael McGurk and Ron Medich
By: Kate McClymont ; with Vanda Carson
Publisher: Vintage Books Australia
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Milsons Point, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780143795247
Subjects: Assassination; Businesspeople; Crimes against; Biography
Description: We all know Sydney is full of corruption and crime, but none of us expected to read about a Sydney businessman being shot in the back of his head, in his driveway, in front of his nine-year-old son, in Cremorne. Nor that the order would come from a Point Piper millionaire. Kate McClymont is Australia's best-known investigative journalist. Kate and McGurk received intel that he was going to be 'hit'. Before the two could meet, McGurk was murdered. Kate and her family also received death threats and were moved to a hotel for a few days. This story involves bumbling criminals, turncoats, snitches, miniature korans, developers, wealthy people brought down, and devastated families. It unpacks the structures of our major cities and asks some big big questions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A note on sources; title: 1, The shooting; title: 2. The sociopath next door; title: 3. A whodunnit for the rich and famous; title: 4. McGurk's early years; title: 5. It's taken long enough; title: 6. The snob mob from Blueberry Hill; title: 7. McGurk's dodgy deals; title: 8. Kidnapped; title: 9. The miniature Koran; title: 10. The odd couple; title: 11. Big Jim and the Krispy Kremes; title: 12. The Tilleys; title: 13. McGurk's fiery message; title: 14. Mutual destruction; title: 15. The tape; title: 16. A very smart operator; title: 17. Craziness after the murder; title: 18. Parliamentary inquiry; title: 19. ICAC: Nothing to see here; title: 20. Lucky; title: 21. Finding a hitman; title: 22. The job is done; title: 23. The arrests; title: 24. They want your father not mine; title: 25. The wheels of justice turn slowly; title: 26. The last man standing; title: 27. Round two; title: 28. The evidence stacks up; title: 29. No brotherly love; title: 30. The trial of Ron Medich; title: 31. No happy ending; title: 32. The price of freedom; title: Notes; title: Acknowledgements.