Anne Perry and the murder of the century /
On June 22, 1954, teenage friends Juliet Hulme-- better known as bestselling mystery writer Anne Perry-- and Pauline Parker went for a walk in a New Zealand park with Pauline's mother, Honorah. When Honorah Parker was found in a pool of blood with the brick used to bludgeon her to death close a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Skyhorse Pub.,
[2013]
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| Summary: | On June 22, 1954, teenage friends Juliet Hulme-- better known as bestselling mystery writer Anne Perry-- and Pauline Parker went for a walk in a New Zealand park with Pauline's mother, Honorah. When Honorah Parker was found in a pool of blood with the brick used to bludgeon her to death close at hand, Juliet and Pauline confessed to the killing. Their motive: a plan to escape to the United States to become writers, and Honorah's determination to keep them apart. Graham offers a brilliant account of the crime and ensuing trial and shares dramatic revelations about the fates of the young women after their release from prison. |
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| Item Description: | "A Herman Graf book." "Originally published in 2011 under the title of So brilliantly clever : Parker, Hulme and the murder that shocked the world by Awa Press, Wellington, New Zealand"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-328) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781620876305 (hbk.) 1620876302 (hbk.) |