On Murder

Lock your doors, turn on all the lights then make sure you are not in the house alone, when opening this book of chilling Australian murder mysteries. Only then might you feel safe.

On Murder - True crime writing in Australia has been compiled by crime writer and legal aid solicitor Kerry Greenwood and is an outstanding collection of Australia's finest crime writing. In eighteen chilling stories we are taken behind the police lines of some of our most horrific murders. These searing accounts remind us that nothing is as it seems on the surface and that the guilty do not always go punished for their crimes. Trenchant and hard hitting, yet defined by a keen intelligence and sensitivity, the stories in this anthology will shock, outrage- and compel.

The chapter by Lucy Sussex on Australian baby farming back in 1894 will horrify any woman of today, as it uncovers the harsh truths that some of our Great Grandmothers endured or were at least exposed too. Baby Farming was apparently shameful, and a disgrace to society, however still there was an all too common practice for so many underprivelliged woman in Australia - only 100 years ago. This particular chapter contains a carefully compiled story, which follows one convicted baby murderer - Frances Knorr through her various ordeals. A story like this shakes you to the core and leave you amazed by how far Australian society has progressed in a relatively short time in history. After reading this it will convince you (if you weren't already) that contraception has been the crucial step forward for the women of yesteryear to finally achieve independence and maybe even keep their sanity.....