Sins of the brother
Subtitle: the definitive story of Ivan Milat and the backpacker murders
By: Mark Whittaker and Les Kennedy.
Contributors: Kennedy, Les, 1958-
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 533
Subjects: Milat, Ivan Robert Marko, 1944-; Murderers -- Australia -- New South Wales.; Serial murders -- Australia -- New South Wales.; Serial murder investigation -- Australia -- New South Wales.; Trials (Murder) -- Australia -- New South Wales.
Description: Seven young backpackers brutally murdered. A nationwide police hunt spanning three years and thousands of hours of forensic investigation. And finally, the capture and conviction of one man. Sins of the Brother tells the gripping story of road-worker Ivan Milat and the horrific Belanglo Forest murders that shocked the world and forever etched themselves into Australian criminal folklore. It explores a family culture so twisted and bizarre it would lead inexorably to a serial killing spree, scrutinises the police case - its successes and failures - and reveals the chilling mystery left behind. Told in novelistic style from interviews with the Milat family, key police investigators, Crown lawyers and the lucky souls who escaped with their lives, Sins of the Brother is a classic of crime literature - a psychological thriller come to life and a disturbing portrait of a man whose delusions became reality.
Notes: Includes index.