The Sting

The Undercover Operation That Caught Daniel Morcombe's Killer

Kate Kyriacou

• Publisher: Echo
• eBook ISBN:
  9781760067441
• Year: 2015

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.

Table of contents

• The Sting
• Contents
• Dedication
• Author's Note
• Preface
• Part One: Little Boy Lost
• Chapter One: Daniel
• Chapter Two: Missing
• Chapter Three: Looking for Daniel
• Chapter Four: The Blue Herring
• Chapter Five: Operation Vista
• Chapter Six: The Cowans
• Chapter Seven: Blue Jeans and Dirty Hands
• Chapter Eight: The Black Sheep
• Chapter Nine: Finding God
• Part Two: Persons of Interest
• Chapter Ten: Suspects
• Chapter Eleven: Douglas ‘Rat’ Jackway
• Chapter Twelve: The Scruffy Man
• Chapter Thirteen: The Alibi
• Chapter Fourteen: Stacey
• Chapter Fifteen: Inconsolable
• Chapter Sixteen: Rat in a Cage
• Chapter Seventeen: Liar, Liar
• Chapter Eighteen: More Lies
• Chapter Nineteen: Role-Playing
• Chapter Twenty: What Next?
• Part Three: The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of
• Chapter Twenty-one: Mr Big
• Chapter Twenty-two: The Perfect Target
• Chapter Twenty-three: Joe
• Chapter Twenty-four: Fitzy
• Chapter Twenty-five: Trust, Honesty, Loyalty
• Chapter Twenty-six: Exit Joe
• Chapter Twenty-seven: The Brotherhood
• Chapter Twenty-eight: Arnold
• Chapter Twenty-nine: Big Jobs, Ecstasy and Jetskis
• Chapter Thirty: The Trap
• Chapter Thirty-one: I’m Sorry, Daniel
• Chapter Thirty-two: Shock Value
• Part Four: I Didn’t Do It
• Chapter Thirty-three: Murderer
• Chapter Thirty-four: Don’t Say a Word
• Chapter Thirty-five: The Search
• Chapter Thirty-six: Proof Undeniable
• Chapter Thirty-seven: Our Son, the Pedophile
• Chapter Thirty-eight: Fronting Court
• Chapter Thirty-nine: The Trial
• Chapter Forty: Life for a Life
• Chapter Forty: Life for a Life
• Epilogue: Daniel’s Legacy
• Acknowledgements
• Image Section
• About the Author
• Imprint
• Echo Publishing