DOES CRIME PAY?

Good Reading Magazine Issue February, 2023

Australians consume crime like few other genres. True crime podcasts are habitually amongst the highest rated, Australian crime noir often frequents the bestsellers lists, and series like Underbelly have become instant classics of Australian television. Perhaps infamous criminal turned author Mark ‘Chopper’ Read said it best, ‘Posh people love gangsters.’ However, there is a law that may well be limiting the amount of true crime literature that is getting published, to the detriment of the industry.