COPS - TRUE STORIES FROM AUSTRALIAN POLICE - Vikki Petraitis

Commenting on books written by people you know is always a little bit tricky, but one of the things that I always admire about these sorts of books from Petraitis is the way that she can tell somebody's story clearly, compassionately, often with a great sense of humour, but never imposing herself on the telling.  This is a book which is very much about the people whose stories are being told.  And there are some interesting little snippets not covered in other True Crime books - the perilous retrieval of a woman's body from a sunken submarine; the capture of a brutal child rapist; the search for man lost in the Victorian high country; the story of the death of a man in small town South Australia; and most interestingly the tracking of a pair of suburban cops during a night on the beat.

Recommended as a simple, well told tale of stories from the other side of the standard true crime offering.