The book behind the hard-hitting TV drama. This is Australia's underbelly ... bullet holes and all.

The author has covered crime for decades with a novelist's eye and forensic attention to truth, and lived to tell the tales. These are the best of them.

Rats: these are the vermin who get away with robbery, extortion, abduction, rape and murder. Sometimes we suspect, sometimes it's a mystery.

The best of these pieces are stories of deep pain and the role of animals in healing. This is where the collection moves into deeper water, water that is teeming with life. -- Michael McGirr

It's a great Australian journey. ' ...possibly the greatest rags-to-riches story in our history ... journalist Andrew Rule has done an enviable job of capturing the essence of this fascinating man, from his Dickensian early life in the ...

The author has covered crime for decades with a novelist's eye and forensic attention to truth, and lived to tell the tales. These are the best of them."--Back cover.

In Winx: The full story of the world's best racehorse, Andrew Rule takes us behind-the-scenes into the incredible story of 'The Queen' of racing.

This is true crime at its most bloody, surreal and terrifying.

The stories that inspired the screentime series for the Nine network. Made in Melbourne. Slayed in Sydney. This was Australia's underbelly.