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Title: Wedderburn: A True tale of blood & dust
Author: CUSKELLY MARYROSE
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 26/09/2018
Imprint: ALLEN & UNWIN
Price: $30.00
Publishing status: Active
Wedderburn, a small farming community
in North Central Victoria, made national
headlines in 2014 when a local man
stabbed his young neighbour, Greg Holmes,
to death, before shooting and killing
Holmes’ mother and her husband. The
apparently senseless act of violence left
the small community in a state of shock.
As she unspools the threads of resentment,
aggression and small-town grievances that
led to the triple-murder, Maryrose Cuskelly
reveals the tangled relationships and reallife
characters at the centre of the crime,
as well as the flawed and muddy legal
processes that ensued. In the tradition of
Helen Garner’s true-crime writing, Cuskelly
is deeply invested in understanding why
the tragic incident occurred. Her chilling
and forensic account of the crime and its
aftermath is utterly enthralling.
ISBN: 9781760528072
Dimension: 234mm X 153mm