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The Husband Poisoner: Suburban women who killed in post-World War II Sydney by Tanya Bretherton
Category: History
Shocking real-life stories of murderous women who used rat poison to rid themselves of husbands and other inconvenient family members. For readers of compelling history and true crime, from critically acclaimed author Tanya Bretherton. After World War II, Sydney experienced a crime wave that was chilli ...Show more
The Killing Streets: Uncovering Australia's First Serial Murderer by Tanya Bretherton
Category: History | Series: The\Australian Crime Vau Ser.
From the acclaimed author of The Suitcase Baby and The Suicide Bride, the story of a series of horrific murders that began in 1930s Sydney - and a killer who remained at large for over two decades. In December 1932, as the Depression tightened its grip, the body of a woman was found in Queens Park, Sydn ...Show more
The Suicide Bride: A Mystery of Tragedy and Family Secrets in Edwardian Sydney by Tanya Bretherton
Category: History | Series: The\Australian Crime Vau Ser.
From the author of the acclaimed THE SUITCASE BABY - shortlisted for the Ned Kelly and Nib awards - comes the chilling story of a charlatan, a murder-suicide, and a family tree so twisted that it sprouts monsters. Whenever society produces a depraved criminal, we wonder: is it nature or is it nurture? W ...Show more
The Suitcase Baby by Tanya Bretherton
Category: History | Series: The\Australian Crime Vau Ser.
True history that is both shocking and too real, this unforgettable tale moves at the pace of a great crime novel. In the early hours of Saturday morning, 17 November 1923, a suitcase was found washed up on the shore of a small beach in the Sydney suburb of Mosman. What it contained - and why - would p ...Show more
The Suitcase Baby: The heartbreaking true story of a shocking crime in 1920s Sydney by Tanya Bretherton
Category: History | Series: The\Australian Crime Vau Ser.
Shortlisted for the 2018 Ned Kelly Award, Danger Prize and Waverley Library NIB Sydney, 1923 a suitcase washed up on a harbourside beach reveals its grisly contents - and from there, an extraordinary story unfolds. True history that is both shocking and too real, this unforgettable tale moves at the pac ...Show more
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