Sins of the Brother

Les Kennedy · Mark Whittaker

Nov 2007 · Pan Australia

About this ebook

Like the Beaumont children and the Azaria Chamberlain cases before it, the backpacker murder case in Belanglo State Forest has entered Australian criminal folklore. Seven young people, most of them foreigners backpacking around Australia, brutally murdered, their remains uncovered in 1992 and 1993. It would take scores of police over three years, countless hours of forensic investigation, thousands of false leads and a few precious clues to charge and convict Ivan Milat for their horrific deaths.

Sins of the Brother is the definitive work on Ivan Milat, his family and the murders. Almost four years in the making, informed by exclusive interviews with members of the Milat family, key police investigators and Crown lawyers, this book reveals a family culture so bizarre it would lead inexorably to murder. It also scrutinises the police investigation-its remarkable success and failures, the dramatic turning point and the backbiting and bitterness that followed Milat's arrest.

Thought-provoking, totally unsalacious, an exploration of the darker side of Australian life as a whole, Sins of the Brother is a detailed and gripping read-a psychological thriller come to life.

Ratings and reviews

Very good read, read the paperback myself. Can't believe Richard millat is still a free man, saw some videos of him on YouTube, guilty as sin!

Ha ha james Gibson and gabor Neugebauer 2 dorks noobs

Very good information and well written

About the author

Mark Whittaker has been writing crime and investigative stories for the past ten years. Mark is a staff writer for The Australian Magazine.

Les Kennedy has been a journalist for twenty years and chief crime reporter with The Daily Telegraph for the past twelve. Recently, he moved to The Sydney Morning Herald where he is the chief police reporter.

Les and Mark also co-wrote "Granny Killer: The Story of John Glover" in 1992. They both live in Sydney.