Overview

On a warm night in January, Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett were savagely murdered in their house on Easey Street, Collingwood - stabbed multiple times while Suzanne's 16-month-old baby slept in his cot. Although police established a list of more than 100 'persons of interest', the case became one of the most infamous unsolved crimes in Melbourne. Journalist Helen Thomas was a cub reporter at The Age when the murders were committed and saw how deeply they affected the city. Now, 42 years on, she has re-examined the cold case - chasing down new leads and talking to members of the Armstrong and Bartlett families, the women's neighbours on Easey Street, detectives and journalists. What emerges is a portrait of a crime rife with ambiguities and contradictions, which took place at a fascinating time in the city's history - when the countercultural bohemia of Helen Garner's Monkey Grip brushed up against the grit of the underworld in one of Melbourne's most notorious suburbs. Why has the Easey Street murderer never been found, despite the million-dollar reward for information leading to an arrest? Did the women know their killer, or were their deaths due to a random, frenzied attack? Could the murderer have killed again? This gripping account addresses these questions and more as it sheds new light on one of Australia's most disturbing and compelling criminal mysteries.

Full Product Details

9780655602446

Table of Contents

Reviews

'An overdue examination of the Easey Street murders that adds tantalising new information to known and forgotten facts.' -- Andrew Rule, journalist and co-author of Underbelly

Author Information

Helen Thomas has been a journalist for more than 40 years and is the author of five books. In 2005, Thomas spent months researching the Easey Street murders for ABC Radio National's Background Briefing, shedding new light on the investigation. She is the manager of ABC NewsRadio and co-presents their weekly podcast Hoof On The Till. Helen Thomas has been a journalist for more than 40 years and is the author of five books. In 2005, Thomas spent months researching the Easey Street murders for ABC Radio National's Background Briefing, shedding new light on the investigation. She is the manager of ABC NewsRadio and co-presents their weekly podcast Hoof On the Till.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available