13 Top crime books like The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story by Adrian Tame

Cover of The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story by Adrian Tame

The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story

By: Adrian Tame

3.65

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Kathy Pettingill is a name that's both respected and feared, not only by Australia's criminal under…

If you liked the crime plot in The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story by Adrian Tame , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of A Mother's Story by Bryce Corbett, Rosie Batty

1. A Mother's Story

By: Bryce Corbett , Rosie Batty

3.86

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

At the start of 2014, Rosie Batty was an ordinary single mum doing everything in her power to give … read more

Similar categories in Bryce Corbett's A Mother's Story book and Adrian Tame's The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story

  • biography
  • true crime
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
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2. Last King of the Cross

By: John Ibrahim

3.52

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

John Ibrahim's incredible life story told in his own words. Last King of the Crosslays bare Austra… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
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3. Carl Williams

By: Adam Shand

4.13

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

Barwon Prison's maximum security unit, 19 April 2010: Carl Williams is beaten to death with the ste… read more

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  • true crime

4. The Truro Murders: The Sex Killing Spree Through the Eyes of an Accomplice

By: Ryan Green

4.04

Format: 323 pages,

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5. The unknown Mongol

By: None

2.00

Format: None pages,

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6. When the Lion Feeds (Courtney, #1)

By: Wilbur Smith

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

Part of the 'Courtney' series 'Something always dies when the lion feeds and yet there is meat for … read more

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7. Underbelly - The Gangland War

By: John Silvester , Andrew Rule

4.05

Format: None pages, Paperback

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8. Roger Rogerson

By: Duncan McNab

3.51

Format: None pages,

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9. Once Upon a Time in Melbourne

By: Liam Houlihan

4.19

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Dirty Cops, Lying Politicians, Vampire Gigolos . . . An Unbelievable True Story Once upon a time in… read more

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10. Court in the Middle

By: Andrew Fraser

3.87

Format: 334 pages, Hardcover

From 1975 to 2001, Andrew Fraser was a leading criminal solicitor with a successful national practi… read more

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11. Karma: My Autobiography

By: Boy George

3.62

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

THE OFFICIAL STORY OF A MUSICAL ICON - TOLD IN FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS OWN WORDS'In what mig… read more

Similar categories in Boy George's Karma: My Autobiography book and Adrian Tame's The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story

  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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12. Badness

By: Gary Jubelin

4.08

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

The sequel to the #1 Bestseller I Catch Killers As a cop, I used to sit on one side of the inte… read more

Similar categories in Gary Jubelin's Badness book and Adrian Tame's The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story

  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • biography
  • true crime
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13. I Catch Killers: The Life and Many Deaths of a Homicide Detective

By: Gary Jubelin

4.15

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Serial killings, child abductions, organised crime hits and domestic murders. This is the memoir of… read more

Similar categories in Gary Jubelin's I Catch Killers: The Life and Many Deaths of a Homicide Detective book and Adrian Tame's The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story

  • biography
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • crime
Cover of Hell Bay (DI Ben Kitto, #1) by Kate Rhodes

14. Hell Bay (DI Ben Kitto, #1)

By: Kate Rhodes

4.00

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

DI Ben Kitto needs a second chance. After ten years working for the murder squad in London, a traum… read more

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  • crime
"Your mother is holding your hand too tightly. You whimper and cling to her dress, because you know what will happen next. She stares at you, as if she's forgotten how to blink. There's one last glimp…"

-Kate Rhodes, Hell Bay (DI Ben Kitto, #1)

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15. True Crime Case Histories - Volume 11: 12 Disturbing True Crime Stories of Murder, Deception, and Mayhem (Volume 11)

By: Jason Neal

4.32

Format: 172 pages, Kindle Edition

12 Disturbing True Crime Stories of Murder and MayhemVolume 11 of the True Crime Case Histories Ser… read more

Similar categories in Jason Neal's True Crime Case Histories - Volume 11: 12 Disturbing True Crime Stories of Murder, Deception, and Mayhem (Volume 11) book and Adrian Tame's The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story

  • true crime
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16. The Widow of Walcha

By: Emma Partridge

4.23

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The Widow of Walcha is a shocking true story about death, love and lies in the small NSW town of Wa… read more

Similar categories in Emma Partridge's The Widow of Walcha book and Adrian Tame's The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story

  • true crime
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • crime
Cover of The Complete Tommy Fox Books 1-8 (Tommy Fox #1-8) by Graham Ison

17. The Complete Tommy Fox Books 1-8 (Tommy Fox #1-8)

By: Graham Ison

4.49

Format: 1942 pages, Kindle Edition

In this 8-book set: BOOK 1: LEAD ME TO THE SLAUGHTER Detective Chief Superintendent Tommy Fox i… read more

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18. The Teacher's Pet

By: Hedley Thomas

4.14

Format: 619 pages, Kindle Edition

If you thought you knew the story of The Teacher's Pet, get ready to be shocked. Hedley Thomas take… read more

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  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • australia
Cover of HANGMEN: Riding with an outlaw motorcycle club in the old days. (Hangmen Motorcycle Club Book 1) by Dale Arenson

19. HANGMEN: Riding with an outlaw motorcycle club in the old days. (Hangmen Motorcycle Club Book 1)

By: Dale Arenson

4.27

Format: 424 pages, Kindle Edition

Take a thrill-packed ride with the outlaw bikers of the Hangmen Motorcycle Club during the wild day… read more

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Cover of Hangman (Timothy Blake #1) by Jack Heath

20. Hangman (Timothy Blake #1)

By: Jack Heath

3.89

Format: 379 pages, Paperback

A 14-year-old boy vanishes on his way home from school. His frantic mother receives a disturbing ra… read more

Similar categories in Jack Heath's Hangman (Timothy Blake #1) book and Adrian Tame's The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story

  • crime
"The illusion lasts only a moment. The man is nothing more than a reflection of me. Both a person and a monster."

-Jack Heath, Hangman (Timothy Blake #1)

"So you don't go to church anymore?" she asks. I don't like the idea of Thistle thinking that I believe in God. I wonder what the Bible says about cannibalism. Eat this, for it is my body ."

-Jack Heath, Hangman (Timothy Blake #1)

"I'm sorry," I say. "I hate feeling like I let you down." "It's okay," she says. She puts her arm around my neck. "In fact, I respect it. Celibacy must take a lot of willpower." I think of all the tim…"

-Jack Heath, Hangman (Timothy Blake #1)

"Thistle and I had the same start in life - rescued by police from the clutches of our dead parents. But she's become a smart, tough FBI agent who can learn a new song on the viola in only one week or…"

-Jack Heath, Hangman (Timothy Blake #1)

Cover of Her Broken Bones (Opal Fields #2) by Fiona Tarr

21. Her Broken Bones (Opal Fields #2)

By: Fiona Tarr

4.29

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

If bones could talk… Constable Jenny Williams came to the opal mining town of Coober Pedy to sol… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Tarr's Her Broken Bones (Opal Fields #2) book and Adrian Tame's The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story

  • crime
Cover of Missing, Presumed Dead: The double murder case that shocked Australia by Mark Tedeschi

22. Missing, Presumed Dead: The double murder case that shocked Australia

By: Mark Tedeschi

3.91

Format: None pages, Audiobook

It was the double murder case that gripped Australia, and former Crown Prosecutor Mark Tedeschi QC … read more

Similar categories in Mark Tedeschi's Missing, Presumed Dead: The double murder case that shocked Australia book and Adrian Tame's The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • australia
Cover of True Crime Case Histories - Volume 12: 12 Disturbing True Crime Stories of Murder, Deception, and Mayhem (Volume 12) by Jason Neal

23. True Crime Case Histories - Volume 12: 12 Disturbing True Crime Stories of Murder, Deception, and Mayhem (Volume 12)

By: Jason Neal

4.33

Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition

12 Disturbing True Crime Stories of Murder and MayhemVolume 12 of the True Crime Case Histories Ser… read more

Similar categories in Jason Neal's True Crime Case Histories - Volume 12: 12 Disturbing True Crime Stories of Murder, Deception, and Mayhem (Volume 12) book and Adrian Tame's The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Phillip Island Murder by Vikki Petraitis

24. The Phillip Island Murder

By: Vikki Petraitis

3.89

Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition

The discovery of the body of Beth Barnard in her Phillip Island farmhouse in 1986, began a homicide… read more

Similar categories in Vikki Petraitis's The Phillip Island Murder book and Adrian Tame's The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story by Adrian Tame

25. The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story

By: Adrian Tame

3.65

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Kathy Pettingill is a name that's both respected and feared, not only by Australia's criminal under… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tame's The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story book and Adrian Tame's The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story

  • biography
  • true crime
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • crime
Cover of Murder on Easey Street: Melbourne’s Most Notorious Cold Case by Helen  Thomas

26. Murder on Easey Street: Melbourne’s Most Notorious Cold Case

By: Helen Thomas

3.66

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

1977, Collingwood. Two young women are brutally murdered. The killer has never been found. What hap… read more

Similar categories in Helen Thomas's Murder on Easey Street: Melbourne’s Most Notorious Cold Case book and Adrian Tame's The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
  • australia
Cover of The Last Victim: A serial con man. The ultimate betrayal. An unbreakable woman. The full story behind the relationship made famous by the hit podcast Who the Hell is Hamish? by Tracy Hall

27. The Last Victim: A serial con man. The ultimate betrayal. An unbreakable woman. The full story behind the relationship made famous by the hit podcast Who the Hell is Hamish?

By: Tracy Hall

4.21

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

When Who the Hell is Hamish? hit podcast platforms in 2019, Tracy Hall quickly became known as the … read more

Similar categories in Tracy Hall's The Last Victim: A serial con man. The ultimate betrayal. An unbreakable woman. The full story behind the relationship made famous by the hit podcast Who the Hell is Hamish? book and Adrian Tame's The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story

Cover of Pixie:Inside A World Of Drugs, Sex And Violence by Andrea Mohr

28. Pixie:Inside A World Of Drugs, Sex And Violence

By: Andrea Mohr

3.89

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Andrea Mohr's CV is an eye-opening drug runner, hostess, money launderer, drug dealer and importer… read more

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29. The Ledge

By: Christian White

4.39

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

When human remains are discovered in the forests of regional Victoria, the police are baffled, the … read more

Similar categories in Christian White's The Ledge book and Adrian Tame's The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story

  • crime
Cover of Behind Bars: Real Life Stories from Inside New Zealand's Prisons by Anna Leask

30. Behind Bars: Real Life Stories from Inside New Zealand's Prisons

By: Anna Leask

4.05

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

A raw, revealing and powerful account of life inside, as told by prison inmates. Violence. Gangs. D… read more

Similar categories in Anna Leask's Behind Bars: Real Life Stories from Inside New Zealand's Prisons book and Adrian Tame's The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story

  • nonfiction
Cover of Lunatic Soup: A True Story of Murder, Mayhem and Madness in Maximum Security by Andrew Fraser

31. Lunatic Soup: A True Story of Murder, Mayhem and Madness in Maximum Security

By: Andrew Fraser

3.64

Format: 202 pages, Kindle Edition

Andrew Fraser's bestselling and controversial true-crime memoirs are now being adapted into an exci… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Fraser's Lunatic Soup: A True Story of Murder, Mayhem and Madness in Maximum Security book and Adrian Tame's The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story

  • crime
  • true crime

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Transform Your Habits

A Mother's Story

Bryce Corbett , Rosie Batty

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Last King of the Cross

John Ibrahim

3.52

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3.62

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Gary Jubelin

4.08

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Bernie Taupin

3.58

Transform Your Habits

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Barbra Streisand

4.20

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