Shallow Graves: The Concealments of Killers

by Paul B. Kidd

‘Shallow graves’ play a grim part in some of the most mysterious, bizarre and horrendous murder cases in Australia’s history – cases such as, Read-Luckman murder, The Family murders, the mystery of Harvey Jones, and the Thorne kidnapping.
This revised and expanded edition of Shallow Graves is an in-depth insight into the shallow concealments of killers.

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction, Crime, Australia

252 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Paul Benjamin Kidd (1945) was an Australian author, journalist, and radio show host. From 2001 until 2020, Kidd was the co-host of the 2UE George and Paul weekend show with George Moore; since 2020, he has co-hosted Weekends with John and Paul with John Stanley on 2GB. - Wikipedia

Reviews

[R.A. Goli · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating and truly gruesome collection of Australian true crime/murders. Much of it was graphic and shocking, all of it was interesting; the book was hard to put down. A must read for lovers of true crime.

[Fishface · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really great read, full of hideous crime cases I want to learn more about. A gripping introduction to Aussie true crime.

[Venessa Johnstone · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's good.. I have read most of the stories in full books of their own...

[Laurel · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot of stories I skipped having already read about them previously; but some new ones I hadn’t heard about.

[Ronnie Cramer · Rating 3 out of 5]

A solid compendium of Australian crime, though the author has a habit of spilling the all beans during his initial description of the case, then repeating himself later. My only other complaint is that so many of the chapters have children as victims, making the following statement all the more incongruous: "...in Australia where children were king and could swim, fish and bushwalk in absolute safety and the only predators were the sharks and magpies protecting their young."

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

This wasn't a bad book, it was just that there was little information in it that was new or even specifically related to 'shallow graves'. Rather, the book simply gave a run-down on some of the more infamous murders in Australian history.

Still interesting, but just wish there was more, particularly more Criminological insight.

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Paul B. Kidd has done it again he writes such amazing true crime stories and this book did not disappoint. The stories were interesting and didn't go overboard with legal jargon. Highly recommend to any true crime fan =).

[Amra Pajalic · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overview of the biggest cases in Australian true crime history.

[Casey Russell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book. It gets you gripped right from the start and keeps you there right until the end. Highly recommend for lovers of true crime.