{"product_id":"before-i-sleep-ray-whitrod-9780702253409","title":"Before I Sleep: My Life Fighting Crime and Corruption","description":"In the early 1970s, Queensland was a haven for crooks from both sides of the law. It was into this hothouse that Ray Whitrod was controversially appointed as police commissioner in 1970. Just six years later he resigned from the head role of the Queensland Police Force, no longer willing to tolerate the interference of the Bjelke-Petersen government. It was a decision that the Fitzgerald Inquiry would later vindicate. Ray Whitrod rose through the ranks from police cadets in Adelaide to command not only the Queensland police but the Commonwealth and Papua New Guinea forces as well. In wartime, he had trained and flown as a navigator with the RAF in Europe and the Middle East. After the war, he helped to found ASIO, operating both in the field and from behind a desk. At once a personal memoir and a rare insider's view of the Force, this reissue of \u003ci\u003eBefore I Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e has an introduction by Matthew Condon, author of \u003ci\u003eThree Crooked Kings\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJacks and Jokers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ray Whitrod\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0702253405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780702253409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Queensland Pr (Australia)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Ray Whitrod","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096692138239,"sku":"9780702253409","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/before-i-sleep-ray-whitrod-9780702253409","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}