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The Sting

The Undercover Operation That Caught Daniel Morcombe's Killer

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The book that inspired the feature film The Stranger (Netflix), starring Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris.

The disappearance of Queensland schoolboy Daniel Morcombe was one of the most heartbreaking and confounding child abduction and murder cases of the century, spanning almost a decade prior to the eventual arrest of known pedophile Brett Peter Cowan, one of the original persons of interest.

The story of the police sting that resulted in his confession reads like crime fiction, featuring an elaborately staged fake crime gang run by a 'Mr Big' that lured Cowan in with the promise of a hefty payout.

The Sting takes you on a journey behind Australia's most sensational undercover bust, revealing extraordinary new details. It is a shocking insight into one of the country's most evil killers, and the operation that brought him down.

©2022 Kate Kyriacou (P)2022 Bonnier Books UK Crime Organized Crime True Crime Disappearance
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New the story already but was gripped from the moment I started it. Great narration.

brilliant read

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Shudder with disgust, laugh with jubilation. A ride of emotion. Great Undercover police work.

Gripping

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It's hard to listen at times. How someone can be so cruel and sick in the head. Pedophiles deserve to rot in hell. I feel so sorry for the family of Daniel

Poor boy

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