Jacks and jokers
Condon, Matthew (Matthew Steven), 1962-2014
Book
In Three Crooked Kings we read about the shocking true story of Queensland and how a society was shaped by almost half a century of corruption. In Jacks and Jokers, the story continues as Terry Lewis becomes police commissioner and the era of corruption at the highest levels of the police and government continues. As the Queensland police become more connected with their corrupt colleagues in Sydney, the era of heavy drugs and crime also begins. Tony Murphy and Glen Hallahan, two of the original 'crooked kings', become more enmeshed with 'The Joke' which is run by bagman Jack Herbert. Jacks and Jokers introduces new characters, more extraordinary behaviour outside the law by the law, and along the way it charts the meteoric rise of police commissioner Terry Lewis, documenting events up until the Fitzgerald Inquiry in the late 1980s.
Main title:
Jacks and jokers / Matthew Condon.
Work:
Imprint:
St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2014, c2014.St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2014.©2014.
Collation:
466 pages ; 23 cm.
Notes:
"After Three crooked kings there were.. Jacks and jokers : the extraordinary true story continues" -- Cover.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780702249969
Dewey class:
364.132309943364.1323
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
69152
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | -Society | SOCIETY 364.1323 COND | Available |