The Job: Fighting Crime from the Frontline
Australian History Local History Biography True Crime Criminology Law Enforcement Memoir
The Job: Fighting Crime from the Frontline drops readers straight into the passenger seat of a Victorian homicide squad car with Charlie Bezzina, one of Australia’s best-known detectives. Across 352 fast-moving pages, Bezzina and co-author Ben Collins reconstruct the most chilling murders and manhunts of the 1980s-2000s—cases that dominated nightly news and changed Australian policing forever. From the Walsh Street police shootings to the haunting disappearance of Karmein Chan, every chapter balances heart-stopping detail with the procedural nuts-and-bolts that true-crime buffs crave. A 16-page colour photo insert lets you study the actual evidence, crime scenes and faces behind the headlines, turning the book into a visual file that arm-chair detectives love to pore over.
What sets this 2010 Geoff Slattery paperback apart is its textbook-grade depth: it’s used in criminology and policing courses because Bezzina explains not just what happened, but how task-forces were built, forensic breakthroughs were won and legal hurdles were cleared. Young adults considering a law-enforcement career get an unfiltered look at the emotional cost of “the job,” while general readers gain a gripping piece of Australian local history told by the man who lived it. The clean, tight copy offered here is free of dog-ears and ex-library stamps, making it a shelf-worthy reference that still carries the adrenaline of a thriller.
Collectors and true-crime fans hunt this edition because it remains the only first-hand account from Bezzina’s 37-year frontline career, and untouched copies are becoming scarce. Slip it into an Australian history or crime collection, gift it to a student of criminal justice, or simply settle in for a night of page-turning that rivals any crime novel—except every word really happened.
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