The last volume in this bestselling series, Gangland North South & West looks at crime in South and Western Australia, and the Northern Territory. Contract killing, prostitution, robbery, illegal gambling and the standover game are business-as-usual, but there has also been a healthy living to be made from stealing gold, diamond and pearls in these far-flung regions.
Eastern criminals travel west, south and north to meet and do businessor battlebut there are plenty of home-grown felons such as Shiner Ryan, said to be able to open a lock with his hand behind his back; Spadger Bray, suspected of three murders and himself shot dead a decade later; blackmailing brothel madam Shirley Finn, who was executed on a Perth golf course, and many, many others. Gangland North South & West gives evidence that the spoils of crime can make life worth living in the underworld.