Megan Norris

This book is a timely reminder about why Australia needs to respond to the growing social problem of domestic violence and recognise that young victims of revenge killings are innocent victims of a far bigger issue. The women in this book, whose children have been killed by their former partners, know firsthand the lifelong sentence of suffering and many have been quietly campaigning for social change for decades. This book has come about because after working closely with Cindy Gambino during the writing of On Father's Day, journalist and author Megan Norris felt that a closer look at Cindy's story in context with other stories of retaliatory filicide was necessary. Megan is a former winner of the EVA (Eliminating Violence Against Women) awards and is the co-author of the bestselling book Perfect Victim, On Father's Day (with Cindy Gambino), True True Blood, and Love You to Death (with Chris Soteriou).

Look What You Made Me Do - Fathers Who Kill

In 1994, Stefanie Hinrichs dreamed of owning a horse, leaving school and marrying Keanu Reeves. But God had other plans for the teenager. Her family belonged to a controversial Doomsday cult led by self-proclaimed Messiah William Kamm, also known as the 'Little Pebble', who was building a new promised land for his followers deep in the Australian bush. Stefanie was forced to become the false prophet's child bride - one of eighty-four mystical spouses chosen by the Lord to bear twenty-seven children for his new heavenly dynasty. Forbidden from telling anyone about the illicit sexual relationship, she kept a diary. Investigative journalist Megan Norris unravels the story of Stefanie's lost childhood, her courageous escape with his child, and how the scribblings of a teenage girl brought one of Australia's most dangerous sex predators to justice.

The Messiah's Bride

Elizabeth Southall

One night in March 1999, fifteen-year-old dance student Rachel Elizabeth Barber vanished. No one could have guessed that she had become another girl's 'perfect' victim. Happy. Beautiful. Talented. She had everything her killer could want. Perceived by crime experts everywhere as one of the most bizarre homicides they had encountered, Perfect Victim recounts two stories: Rachel's mother Elizabeth Southall tells of her family's heart-rendering experience – how they lived through unimaginable tragedy, going to extraordinary lengths to prove their daughter wasn't a runaway. Criminal court reporter Megan Norris provides another side of the picture; the analysis, the astonishment of professionals when faced with the killer's weird and unsettling letters, and the police proceedings that led, eventually, to the Rachel Barber case being solved. Confronting and compelling, this is an incredible story about a callous and calculated crime.

Perfect Victim

Deborah de Williams

Nothing was going to stop Deborah de Williams from running 18,026 kilometres around Australia to raise funds for breast cancer research. Her initial attempt was abandoned - but only after running the last 825 kilometres on broken feet. Told she would never run again, Deborah went on to prove everybody wrong. Finding her inspiration from a dying young breast cancer battler, Deborah again pursued her dream.- this is the story of the thousands of women who gave a pink crusader the strength to achieve her dreams.

The Deborah de Williams Story

Running Pink

For anyone who believes vampires only exist in the darkest depths of Transylvania or in cult dramas like Twilight or True Blood – think again! True True Blood is a dark snapshot into some the world's most brutal and gruesome vampire slayings. From the grisly murder of Western Australian teenager Stacey Mitchell by lesbian lovers, Valerie Parashumti and Jessica Stasinowsky, to the brutal, gory murder of a Queensland grandfather, whose bloody random death satisfied self-proclaimed vampire, Tracey Wigginton. Now, True True Blood's portrait of darkness will take you to a dark side of homicide you never imagined.

The Sickening Truth Behind Our Most Grisly Vampire Slayings

True True Blood

One Australian woman is hospitalised every three hours and two more lose their lives each week as a result of family violence. But for some women, there is a punishment far more enduring than injury or their own death. Look What You Made Me Do, is a timely exploration of the evil inflicted by vengeful fathers who have killed their own flesh and blood simply to punish partners for ending unrewarding - often abusive - relationships. Focussing on ten different, but equally harrowing cases of ‘spousal revenge’ dating back thirty years, award winning author Megan Norris, draws upon her own experience as a former court and crime reporter, to examine the horrific murders of eighteen children who were the collateral damage in crimes where the real target of their angry dad's rage was their mother. From the 2018 cold-blooded shooting murders of Sydney teenagers, Jack and Jennifer Edwards, whose abusive businessman father was granted a licence to kill by the NSW Firearms Registry, despite a shocking history of family violence dating back three decades, to the heinous premeditated homicides of Queensland mum, Hannah Clarke, who succumbed to her own horrific injuries after watching her three young children burn to death at the hands of their violent father, this book shows it is not only women who are at risk when family violence turns deadly. Now recognised as the ultimate act of domestic violence a man could inflict on his partner, Norris’s award-winning book shines a light on the disturbing connection between family violence and retaliatory homicide and explores the shattering legacy of grief that such crimes have on surviving mothers. A book that allows these serious crimes to be better understood and ultimately informs and advocates for new approaches to managing these complex and deadly situations.

Fathers Who Kill

Look What You Made Me Do

One night in March 1999, fifteen-year-old dance student Rachel Elizabeth Barber vanished. No one could have guessed that she had become another girl's 'perfect' victim. Happy. Beautiful. Talented. She had everything her killer could want. Perceived by crime experts everywhere as one of the most bizarre homicides they had encountered, Perfect Victim recounts two stories: Rachel's mother Elizabeth Southall tells of her family's heart-rendering experience – how they lived through unimaginable tragedy, going to extraordinary lengths to prove their daughter wasn't a runaway. Criminal court reporter Megan Norris provides another side of the picture; the analysis, the astonishment of professionals when faced with the killer's weird and unsettling letters, and the police proceedings that led, eventually, to the Rachel Barber case being solved. Confronting and compelling, this is an incredible story about a callous and calculated crime. Also available from Foxtel Movies as 'In Her Skin' starring Guy Pearce, Miranda Otto and Sam Neill.

A chilling account of a bizarre and callous murder

Wealthy Melbourne businessman Chris Soteriou had a life to die for. Handsome, filthy rich and highly driven, the successful entrepreneur's lavish lifestyle of fast cars, designer clothes and luxury holidays was topped only by his perfect family - including a beautiful, sexy wife who swore she loved him to death. Investigative journalist and author Megan Norris, author of the bestselling On Father's Day, unearths the sobering tale of a man whose only mistake was giving his heart to the wrong woman.

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