Nosey Bob - bungling hangman
Many thanks to Melbourne's The Herald Sun for publishing an extract from Last Woman Hanged. They chose to focus on the hangman, bumbling...
Beware Japan's Black Widows
One partner dead. Then two. Then three. Then four, five, six ... then SEVEN partners dead?! No wonder they call her the Black Widow....
Louisa Collins v Lee Child?
Many thanks to the staff at the Stanton Library in North Sydney for hosting a lively talk on Last Woman Hanged on Tuesday. The audience...
What's an e-book bundle ?
Hey, what's this thing called an e-book bundle? Well, funny you should ask! The e-book bundle is new to the Australian marketplace....
Belltrees - Birthplace of the Last Woman Hanged
Belltrees. It even sounds beautiful - and it is. Belltrees is a magnificent pastoral station in the Hunter Valley. It has been owned and...
Louisa on the bestseller lists
Well, I couldn't be more thrilled. Mum sent me this list of the Top 10 best-sellers from The Age this morning - and look at No. 3. It's...
Telling Louisa's story in the Free State
South Australia. It's history is very different to that of New South Wales. South Australia is the Free State: it was never a penal...
She was not tried by a jury of her peers
Thank you to Booktopia's John Purcell (journalist) and Andrew Cattanach (camerman) for this interview about the hopelessness of Louisa's...
The Black Widow
Travelling in South Australia this week, it seems that all the state is abuzz with the death of a man called Kenneth Perry. Who was he?...
Murder by cyanide
THE crime of murder is most often carried out by men, against other men, and it's very rarely carried out in a cool and pre-meditated...