16 must-read nonfiction books like The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression by Michael Adams

Cover of The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression by Michael   Adams

The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

By: Michael Adams

3.59

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

As Australia sank into the darkest days of the Great Depression, a succession of bloody mysteries g…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression by Michael Adams , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of Kidnapped by Mark Tedeschi

1. Kidnapped

By: Mark Tedeschi

4.11

Format: 98 pages,

read more

Similar categories in Mark Tedeschi's Kidnapped book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime

2. One False Move (Myron Bolitar #5)

By: Harlan Coben

3.95

Format: None pages,

She's smart, beautiful, and she doesn't need a man to look after her. But sports agent Myron Bolita… read more

Similar categories in Harlan Coben's One False Move (Myron Bolitar #5) book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

3. The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer

By: Philip Carlo

3.73

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

There were times at home when Richard would have one of his outbursts and break things and then loc… read more

Similar categories in Philip Carlo's The Ice Man: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

Cover of The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan

4. The Murder Rule

By: Dervla McTiernan

3.67

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

For fans of the compulsive psychological suspense of Ruth Ware and Tana French, a mother daughter s… read more

Similar categories in Dervla McTiernan's The Murder Rule book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • crime
"Because it has to be done. Because if you see something like this, and you can fix it, then it’s your mess to clean up."

-Dervla McTiernan, The Murder Rule

Cover of Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder

5. Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life

By: Anna Funder

4.13

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century… read more

Similar categories in Anna Funder's Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • nonfiction
Cover of A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them by Neil Bradbury

6. A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

By: Neil Bradbury

4.12

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant blend of science and crime, 'A TASTE FOR POISON' reveals how eleven notorious poisons a… read more

Similar categories in Neil Bradbury's A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
"Sometimes what makes things toxic is exactly what allows them to be used for good."

-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

"Rather than throw the white arsenic away, it was realised that money could be made by selling the substance as a poison to get rid of all kinds of vermin, including cockroaches, rats, stray animals -…"

-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

Cover of Sanctuary by Garry Disher

7. Sanctuary

By: Garry Disher

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A thrilling new standalone set in regional SA, from one of Australia's most esteemed crime authors.… read more

Similar categories in Garry Disher's Sanctuary book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • crime
Cover of The Boy from Boomerang Crescent by Eddie Betts

8. The Boy from Boomerang Crescent

By: Eddie Betts

4.17

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Longlisted for the 2023 Indie Book Awards. It’s a long, hard road from the Nullarbor to the MCG.… read more

Similar categories in Eddie Betts's The Boy from Boomerang Crescent book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • nonfiction
Cover of Murder Town by Shelley Burr

9. Murder Town

By: Shelley Burr

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Gemma Guillory knows her once-charming town is now remembered for one reason, and one reason only. … read more

Similar categories in Shelley Burr's Murder Town book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • crime
Cover of Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI by Jana Monroe

10. Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI

By: Jana Monroe

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Mindhunter, Criminal Minds, and My Favorite Murder, a riveting memoir of a trailblazing… read more

Similar categories in Jana Monroe's Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
"The devil, or whatever force was behind that disembodied knife in her mind, has never made anyone do anything. The devil just applauds when it happens."

-Jana Monroe, Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI

"Our answers were rarely found in confessional sessions in a jailhouse interrogation room despite how hard serial killers like Ted Bundy and Edmund Kemper tried to play their interviewers. Our answers…"

-Jana Monroe, Hearts of Darkness: Serial Killers, the Behavioral Science Unit, and My Life as a Woman in the FBI

Cover of The Outback Court Reporter by Jamelle Wells

11. The Outback Court Reporter

By: Jamelle Wells

3.61

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

One of Australia's most experienced court reporters goes on a judicial road trip. Outback Court … read more

Similar categories in Jamelle Wells's The Outback Court Reporter book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of When the Ship Hits the Fan by Rob  Anderson

12. When the Ship Hits the Fan

By: Rob Anderson

3.98

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

Captain Rob Anderson spills the beans on a lifetime of incidents, accidents and shenanigans of ever… read more

Similar categories in Rob Anderson's When the Ship Hits the Fan book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • nonfiction
Cover of Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4) by Michael Robotham

13. Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

By: Michael Robotham

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN 9781668030998 can be found here The mystery of Evie C… read more

Similar categories in Michael Robotham's Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4) book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • crime
"We exist before we are born and after we die."

-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

"... everything I want is on the other side of fear."

-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

"... as though men were the solution to every problem."

-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

"Introspection leads to self-analysis, which leads to self-hatred."

-Michael Robotham, Storm Child (Cyrus Haven, #4)

Cover of Naked City by John Silvester

14. Naked City

By: John Silvester

3.79

Format: 389 pages, Kindle Edition

John Silvester has been reporting on crime from the cop stations, courthouses, back alleys and gang… read more

Similar categories in John Silvester's Naked City book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of Australia's Most Infamous Jail: Inside the walls of Pentridge Prison by James Phelps

15. Australia's Most Infamous Jail: Inside the walls of Pentridge Prison

By: James Phelps

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

'Pentridge was a place of murder and mayhem. A bluestone hell. The worst prison Australia has ever … read more

Similar categories in James Phelps's Australia's Most Infamous Jail: Inside the walls of Pentridge Prison book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Creeper by Margaret Hickey

16. The Creeper

By: Margaret Hickey

4.18

Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition

Victim ... or killer?For the last decade, the small mountain town of Edenville in Victoria’s high c… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Hickey's The Creeper book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • crime
Cover of Life & Crimes: True Stories from Australia’s Underbelly by Andrew Rule

17. Life & Crimes: True Stories from Australia’s Underbelly

By: Andrew Rule

4.11

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

'. . . one of the most compelling storytellers in Australian journalism' Australian Media Hall of F… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Rule's Life & Crimes: True Stories from Australia’s Underbelly book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • true crime
Cover of Highway Thirteen: Stories by Fiona McFarlane

18. Highway Thirteen: Stories

By: Fiona McFarlane

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, enigmatic collection of linked short stories about the reverberations of a serial kille… read more

Similar categories in Fiona McFarlane's Highway Thirteen: Stories book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • crime
Cover of Girl Falling by Hayley Scrivenor

19. Girl Falling

By: Hayley Scrivenor

3.53

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Why would my best friend want to destroy my life?Finn and her best friend, Daphne, have grown up to… read more

Similar categories in Hayley Scrivenor's Girl Falling book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • crime
Cover of The Ledge by Christian  White

20. 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 Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • crime
Cover of Cherrywood by Jock Serong

21. Cherrywood

By: Jock Serong

3.89

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

From multiple award-winning author, Jock Serong, comes Cherrywood, an imaginative, darkly playful a… read more

Similar categories in Jock Serong's Cherrywood book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

Cover of The Great Hippopotamus Hotel (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #25) by Alexander McCall Smith

22. The Great Hippopotamus Hotel (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #25)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.33

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Precious Ramotswe takes on an interesting but sensitive case and learns valuable lessons along the … read more

Similar categories in Alexander McCall Smith's The Great Hippopotamus Hotel (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #25) book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

Cover of After the Worst has Happened by Richard  Gosling

23. After the Worst has Happened

By: Richard Gosling

4.32

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

When Richard Gosling's young daughter faced emergency surgery, a colleague carelessly asked what wo… read more

Similar categories in Richard Gosling's After the Worst has Happened book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • nonfiction
Cover of The Chipilly Six: Unsung Heroes of the Great War by Lucas Jordan

24. The Chipilly Six: Unsung Heroes of the Great War

By: Lucas Jordan

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

On 9 August 1918, on high ground overlooking the Somme River, an entire British Army Corps is held … read more

Similar categories in Lucas Jordan's The Chipilly Six: Unsung Heroes of the Great War book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • nonfiction
Cover of The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression by Michael   Adams

25. The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

By: Michael Adams

3.59

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

As Australia sank into the darkest days of the Great Depression, a succession of bloody mysteries g… read more

Similar categories in Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • crime
  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Valley (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #4) by Chris Hammer

26. The Valley (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #4)

By: Chris Hammer

4.36

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Seven.Nell Buchanan … read more

Similar categories in Chris Hammer's The Valley (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #4) book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • crime
Cover of Australian Ghost Stories by James Phelps

27. Australian Ghost Stories

By: James Phelps

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Haunting true crime stories of the supernatural and paranormal Forget Amityville, Annabelle and eve… read more

Similar categories in James Phelps's Australian Ghost Stories book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • nonfiction
Cover of The Legend of Albert Jacka by Peter FitzSimons

28. The Legend of Albert Jacka

By: Peter FitzSimons

4.50

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

Our heroes can come from the most ordinary of places. As a shy lad growing up in country Victoria, … read more

Similar categories in Peter FitzSimons's The Legend of Albert Jacka book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • nonfiction
Cover of In the Dead of Night by Greg Haddrick

29. In the Dead of Night

By: Greg Haddrick

4.38

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

In March 2020 secret lovers Russell Hill and Carol Clay disappeared in Victoria's remote Wonnangatt… read more

Similar categories in Greg Haddrick's In the Dead of Night book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • nonfiction
  • true crime
Cover of The Golden Gang: Bushranger Frank Gardiner and the biggest gold robbery in Australian history by Ian W. Shaw

30. The Golden Gang: Bushranger Frank Gardiner and the biggest gold robbery in Australian history

By: Ian W. Shaw

3.92

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The first comprehensive biography of the godfather of Australian bushranging – Frank Gardiner – lea… read more

Similar categories in Ian W. Shaw's The Golden Gang: Bushranger Frank Gardiner and the biggest gold robbery in Australian history book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • nonfiction
Cover of They'll Never Hold Me: The Life and Crimes of Kevin John Simmonds, Australia's Most Daring Fugitive by Michael Adams

31. They'll Never Hold Me: The Life and Crimes of Kevin John Simmonds, Australia's Most Daring Fugitive

By: Michael Adams

3.95

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In 1959, Australians thrilled to every move made by a new criminal underdog, a Ned Kelly for the ro… read more

Similar categories in Michael Adams's They'll Never Hold Me: The Life and Crimes of Kevin John Simmonds, Australia's Most Daring Fugitive book and Michael Adams's The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression

  • true crime

14 must-read crime books like The Murder Squad: How Australia's Toughest Cops Hunted the Monsters of the Great Depression by Michael Adams

Transform Your Habits

Kidnapped

Mark Tedeschi

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The Murder Rule

Dervla McTiernan

3.67

Transform Your Habits

A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them

Neil Bradbury

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Sanctuary

Garry Disher

3.99

View all the books

19 Best fiction books like Murder Town by Shelley Burr

Transform Your Habits

The Drowning

Bryan Brown

3.56

Transform Your Habits

The Seven (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #3)

Chris Hammer

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Sanctuary

Garry Disher

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Broken Bay (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti, #3)

Margaret Hickey

4.06

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.