Hit Men: Australia's Contract Killers
Mar 2010 · Sold by Penguin Group Australia
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WE THINK OF HUMAN LIFE AS PRICELESS,
BUT THERE ARE MEN AMONG US
WHO WILL END A LIFE FOR
A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS.
These men are the hit men, striking a contract with someone who has a target – and the cash. The Hit Men tells the stories of some of Australia's most ruthless contract killers – their plots, accomplices, victims, crimes and punishments – and of the people who saw fit to employ them.
John Kerr dissects a parade of hits, from the days of Sydney's razor gangs in the 1930s to modern times. He gives unflinching accounts of a man who killed his granny, wives who shopped for their husband's killers, and cashed-up criminals who called in favours to arrange the deaths of their enemies.
A chilling account of how quickly ordinary people can turn to extreme violence to get what they want.
BUT THERE ARE MEN AMONG US
WHO WILL END A LIFE FOR
A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS.
These men are the hit men, striking a contract with someone who has a target – and the cash. The Hit Men tells the stories of some of Australia's most ruthless contract killers – their plots, accomplices, victims, crimes and punishments – and of the people who saw fit to employ them.
John Kerr dissects a parade of hits, from the days of Sydney's razor gangs in the 1930s to modern times. He gives unflinching accounts of a man who killed his granny, wives who shopped for their husband's killers, and cashed-up criminals who called in favours to arrange the deaths of their enemies.
A chilling account of how quickly ordinary people can turn to extreme violence to get what they want.
WE THINK OF HUMAN LIFE AS PRICELESS,
BUT THERE ARE MEN AMONG US
WHO WILL END A LIFE FOR
A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS.
These men are the hit men, striking a contract with someone who has a target – and the cash. The Hit Men tells the stories of some of Australia's most ruthless contract killers – their p...
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November 2, 2026
Any historic Aussie true crime is a good read 📚 This one is a good read.
About the author
John Kerr has worked as a police roundsman and court reporter for a daily newspaper. His company has published many true crime books, including Untold Violence, Walsh Street, Neddy: The Life and Crimes of Arthur 'Neddy' Smith,The Phillip Island Murder, Hellbent: Ces Waters and Me and Roger Rogerson's The Dark Side. He is the author of Wanted: John & Lucy, about a helicopter hijack and prison break, Bloody Relations: True Stories of Murder in the Family (Penguin, 2007) and The Hit Men (Michael Joseph, 2009).
John Kerr has worked as a police roundsman and court reporter for a daily newspaper. His company has published many true crime books, including Untold Violence, Walsh Street, Neddy: The Life and Crimes of Arthur 'Neddy' Smith,The Phillip Island Murder, Hellbent: Ces Waters and Me and Roger Rogers...
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