Cookbook thief targets Melbourne bookstores

Wednesday, 28 November 2012 Books+Publishing

A cookbook thief posing as a restaurant worker has targeted several Melbourne bookstores in the past week, and has been spotted at the Avenue Bookstore in Elsternwick and Readings stores in Carlton and Hawthorn. The shoplifter has been described as ‘mid-thirties male, white, some tattoos, short dark hair, stocky build,...