Jacks and Jokers (65 page)

Top Hat parlour 187–9, 198

Top of the Valley 199

Torino nightclub 165–6, 209

verballing, police 163–4, 389–90

Vogel, Simone 136–42, 147, 154–5, 457, 457

Voigt, Senior Officer Jim 44, 57, 65, 89

Volz, Senior Officer Arthur 49–50

Walker, Robert Thomas 107–13

Ward, David 146–7, 201

Ward, Margaret 327–8, 457

Webb, Detective Inspector 405

Weier, Yvonne 8, 20, 283

Whisky Au Go Go 19, 160, 166, 171, 209, 245, 457

Whitrod, Commissioner Raymond Wells 11, 19, 21–4, 27–8, 30, 36–8, 41–3, 50, 55–60, 62, 64–74, 89, 108, 130, 158, 174, 370, 458

Wilby, Detective Bruce 99, 159–60, 186, 228, 258–9, 279, 292

Wilcox, Stan 22, 103, 341

Willesee, Mike 67

Williams, Justice Edward 269–70, 313, 324–6, 331–2

Report to the Queensland Government 339–40

Williams, Keith 75, 244, 427

Williams Royal Commission 269–7, 307, 310–11, 324, 414–15

Wilson, Douglas Robert 192, 195–8, 254–7, 267–8, 415, 453

Wilson, Isabel Martha 192, 195–8, 254–7, 267–8, 415, 453

Wilson, Paul 45–8, 301–5, 363–4

Wood, Merv Commissioner 122–3, 128

Woodward Royal Commission 298, 308, 310–11, 324

The Woolloongabba Worrier
370–2, 374, 396, 399

Wright, Keith 40, 290–1

Wright, Wally 62

Xanadu 432–8

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1. Cover
   
2. Author biography
   
3. Title page
   
4. Dedication
   
5. Prologue
   
6. 1970s
   
   1. The Year of the Dragon
      
   2. A Lemonade in Blackall
      
   3. Love in the Lido
      
   4. A Stellar Career
      
   5. The Key Club
      
   6. Detective Saunders
      
   7. Politicking
      
   8. The Shooter
      
   9. Town and City
      
   10. In the Foul Wake of Frank Bischof
       
   11. The Theatrical Constable Moore
       
   12. The Hippies of Cedar Bay
       
   13. A Monster Comes Calling
       
   14. The Regrets of Kingsley Fancourt
       
   15. No. 1 Has Directed So
       
   16. The Man with a Light Touch
       
   17. A House on Fire
       
   18. Flight
       
   19. The New Boy
       
   20. Slacks
       
   21. A Small Target
       
   22. Confidential
       
   23. Murphy Takes Charge
       
   24. Miss America
       
   25. Committee of Eight
       
   26. Walking to a Different Beat
       
   27. A Visit to the Matador Club
       
   28. The Studious Constable Campbell
       
   29. Old Acquaintances
       
   30. Enter the Phantom
       
   31. A White Uganda
       
   32. Learning to Work with Joh
       
   33. Crossing the King
       
   34. The Premature Death of Bob Walker
       
   35. Ride for Democracy
       
   36. Milligan and the Corn Farmer
       
   37. Matters Big and Small
       
   38. Murphy and the Plane Thieves
       
   39. Milligan Plans the Drop
       
   40. Still No Letters from Home
       
   41. Tales of Roland and Ron the Maori
       
   42. That’s Government Policy Now
       
   43. But This Was Not Peace
       
   44. Into Thin Air
       
   45. Cleaning Out the House
       
   46. Milligan, the Reluctant Bushman
       
   47. Pincer
       
   48. Taking to the Streets
       
   49. A Quiet Word
       
   50. The Premier Phoned
       
   51. Angels Fear to Tread
       
   52. Permission to Speak to the Media, Please
       
   53. Three Corners
       
   54. What Wilby Saw
       
   55. Innocent
       
   56. Campbell and the Boss
       
   57. A System Set in Stone
       
   58. The Boxer
       
   59. Bombs and Knights
       
   60. On Burning Mountain
       
   61. Hunting the Hound
       
   62. Plenty of Kills
       
   63. A Call from Across Town
       
   64. Jeppesen Smells a Rat
       
   65. Sweet
       
   66. Marlin Goes Fishing
       
   67. Mr Asia Books a Room
       
   68. Top of the Valley, Top of the World
       
   69. The Elusive John Edward Milligan
       
   70. A Private Dinner
       
   71. Four Photographs
       
   72. Circumstantial Evidence
       
   73. In Queen Street
       
   74. The Zebra
       
   75. A Delegation
       
   76. Good Fun at the Belfast
       
   77. Hicks Goes to Gaol
       
   78. One Shot to the Head
       
   79. An Incident at the Cleveland Sands
       
   80. Elvis Has Left the Building
       
   81. A Tired and Nervous Eagle
       
   82. The Purge Begins
       
   83. Monuments
       
   84. New Year’s Death
       
   85. Operation Jungle
       
   86. Dear Mr Premier
       
   87. A Hat is Lost in King George Square
       
   88. A Deadly Tip-off to The Eagle
       
   89. The Madness of Marlin
       
   90. Approval Withdrawn
       
   91. Dust to Dust
       
   92. Shallow Grave
       
   93. The Fake Raid
       
   94. Big Bucks
       
   95. Global Girls
       
   96. Goodbye to the Big Fella
       
   97. Empty Rooms
       
   98. Wives and Mothers
       
   99. Suite
       
   100. Jobs for the Boys
        
   101. A Cheery Hello from an Old Soldier
        
   102. Medically Retired
        
   103. Quality Escorts
        
   104. Milligan Sings
        
   105. Death of the Monster
        
   106. Boxes
        
   107. Spy vs Spy
        
   108. Scandal in the House
        
   109. Lickiss Rises
        
   110. The Stranger
        
7. 1980s
   
   1. A Working Holiday
      
   2. Looking for the McCulkin Girls
      
   3. Milligan Takes the Stand
      
   4. Super Saturday
      
   5. Another Briefcase Full of Cash
      
   6. Justice Williams Reports
      
   7. One-Armed Bandits
      
   8. Office Romance
      
   9. Meeting an Informant
      
   10. Murphy to Cairns
       
   11. More of the Same
       
   12. Mona and the Jockey
       
   13. Jack and Jack
       
   14. Slade Travels North
       
   15. The Chairman Takes His Seat
       
   16. Shot Dead in Their Bed
       
   17. The Seductive Katherine James
       
   18. Monster Book
       
   19. Into the Valley
       
   20. The Woolloongabba Worrier
       
   21. Trisha Traffic is Born
       
   22. One Transfer Too Many
       
   23. I See Nothing
       
   24. The Rise of Fitzgerald
       
   25. Take It to the Top Level
       
   26. The Bikie Bandits
       
   27. Our Bent Friend
       
   28. The Full Fowl
       
   29. Nationwide
       
   30. A Typical Day for Anne Marie Tilley
       
   31. Guns and Handcuffs
       
   32. To Put the Record Straight
       
   33. Dave and Bill and Paul
       
   34. A Telegram from Tony Murphy
       
   35. Tribunal
       
   36. Before Yet Another Royal Commission
       
   37. The Hound Bows Out
       
   38. A House on the Hill
       
   39. Bandits on Trial
       
   40. Ghosts
       
   41. Wrath
       
   42. The Candidate
       
   43. Slade Gathers Some Dirt
       
   44. Confiding in the Pom
       
   45. Xanadu
       
   46. Into the Past
       
   47. Games
       
   48. No, Minister
       
   49. The Bikie Bandit Six
       
   50. Another Christmas Card
       
   51. Murphy Resigns
       
   52. Blue Skies
       
8. Author’s Note and Acknowledgments
   
9. Index
   
10. Imprint page