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Who dunnit and why did they do it?

February 16, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Free

Sisters in Crime Australia and the Port Phillip Library present…

Vikki Petraitis interrogates three true crime authors – Robin Bowles, Cheryl Critchley and Helen McGrath  – about some famous Australian true crime cases they’ve investigated from Jaidyn Leskie, Jennifer Tanner and Phoebe Handsjuk to Alison Baden-Clay and Jill Meagher.

Robin Bowles is known as Australia’s True Crime Queen’, and since 1998 has written 11 best-selling true crime books and two fiction, based on her ‘escapades’ as a licenced private investigator. Her books include an investigation into the death of Jennifer Tanner and the definitive books on the Jaidyn Leskie murder and the disappearance of British backpacker, Peter Falconio, which won the inaugural Sisters in Crime’s true crime Davitt Award in 2006.

Her latest book is Into the Darkness: the mysterious death of Phoebe Handsjuk (Scribe).

 

Cheryl Critchley and Helen McGrath’s book, Why Did They Do It? (Pan MacMillan) was highly commended in Sisters in Crime’s 2016 Davitt Awards. Respected journalist Cheryl Critchley  (left) teamed with esteemed psychologist Dr Helen McGrath (right*)to dissect several cases and identify the personality disorders of each of the killers. Using psychological analysis, combined with scientific evidence, they identified the reasoning and motives of the men and women whose brutal crimes shocked the nation. They are currently working on a sequel.

 

Vikki Petraitis (left)is a true-crime author who has written about serial killers, gangland murders, detectives, and police dogs. She is currently working on a biography of Brian ‘The Skull’ Murphy, known once as Australia’s toughest cop. She appears on panels, and contributes the occasional article to the Australian Police Journal. For two years running, she has been one of the judges for the Ned Kelly Awards. She is a former Sisters in Crime National Co-convenor.

 

6 for 6.30pm, Thursday 16 February: St Kilda Library, 150 Carlisle Street, St Kilda. All welcome. Complimentary tea and coffee. Free but please RSVP through Eventbrite or ring 03 9209 6655.

Sun Bookshop stall: members receive a 10% discount

Additional information: Carmel Shute 0412 569 356; admin@sistersincrime.org.au

(*Peter Fox photography)

Details

Date:
February 16, 2017
Time:
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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Website:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/who-dunnit-and-why-did-they-do-it-a-sisters-in-crime-event-tickets-30285196839

Organizer

Port Phillip Library Service & Sisters in Crime
Phone
03 9209 6655
Email
admin@sistersincrime.org.au
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Venue

St Kilda Library
150 Carlisle Street
StKilda, VIc 3182 Australia
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Phone
03 9209 6655
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