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The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron

When I read true crime, I often have to remind myself that this is a real person’s life. They lived and breathed, loved and were loved. This was not a problem in The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron. Vikki Petraitis never loses sight of the women. They are why she is writing and why she has doggedly pursued this case for decades. I’m grateful for the work that she has done and the grace with which she has done it.

The Mushroom Tapes

The case that stopped a nation? How can it be written about in a way that is not exploitative or voyeuristic? Well, like this. This is a sensitive, compelling and elegantly written narrative, ‘looked at’ in a way that is simultaneously familiar and ground-breaking. This is ‘bearing witness’ that is indeed more than ‘just perving’.

VANISHED: True Stories from Families of Australian Missing Persons

Nicole Morris founded the Australian Missing Persons Register. She is inspirational. Vanished is a glimpse of the families behind the headlines.