The Thrill of It
Mandy Beaumont
- That
- afternoon,
- when
- the
- police
- and
- then
- my
- mother
- finally
- arrived,
- they
- found
- me
- sitting
- beside
- Marlowe
- holding
- her
- hand
- and
- talking
- to
- her:
- about
- a
- boy
- I
- had
- a
- crush
- on,
- about
- the
- buttery
- yellow
- jumpsuit
- I
- had
- seen
- in
- a
- shop
- window
- that
- would
- look
- perfect
- on
- her;
- about
- those
- two
- cups
- of
- half-drunk
- coffee
- sitting
- on
- the
- table.
- Who
- was
- with
- you,
- Marlowe?In
- March
- of
- 1989,
- Emmerson
- Kerr
- is
- alone.One
- morning
- listening
- to
- her
- Walkman,
- a
- newsreader's
- words
- stop
- her
- dead.
- 'A
- warning
- to
- our
- listeners
- that
- this
- story
- is
- graphic
- in
- nature.
- The
- body
- of
- an
- 84-year-old
- woman
- has
- been
- found
- in
- the
- foyer
- of
- her
- apartment
- building
- on
- Sydney's
- lower
- North
- Shore
- ...
- 'Emmerson
- stood,
- held
- in
- place
- like
- an
- anchor,
- like
- a
- nail
- in
- wood,
- like
- the
- breath
- of
- a
- frightened
- woman
- alone
- in
- her
- home.
- She
- listened
- to
- the
- details
- and
- remembered
- back
- to
- that
- day,
- twelve
- years
- before,
- in
- her
- grandmother's
- Paddington
- studio.
- The
- 1977
- murder
- of
- Marlowe
- Kerr
- -
- Sydney's
- art
- darling
- and
- socialite,
- a
- woman
- known
- for
- her
- lavish
- parties
- and
- her
- world-famous
- designs,
- but
- known
- to
- Emmerson
- as
- her
- colourful,
- loving
- grandmother
- -
- never
- solved.And
- now,
- years
- later,
- a
- terrifying
- string
- of
- crimes
- against
- older
- women
- will
- begin,
- will
- force
- ageing
- female
- residents
- to
- lock
- themselves
- inside
- their
- homes.
- They
- will
- be
- in
- a
- state
- of
- constant
- fear.
- And,
- as
- the
- killer's
- reign
- of
- terror
- escalates,
- and
- Emmerson
- starts
- to
- unearth
- her
- beloved
- grandmother's
- shady
- past,
- she
- becomes
- increasingly
- convinced
- that
- the
- same
- person
- who
- killed
- Marlowe
- is
- also
- responsible
- for
- the
- depravity
- that
- is
- now
- unfolding
- in
- the
- city
- she
- has
- always
- called
- home.Could
- Emmerson
- be
- the
- link
- to
- solving
- Marlowe's
- murder
- and
- help
- catch
- the
- killer
- before
- they
- kill
- again?Taut,
- chilling
- and
- unforgettable,
- The
- Thrill
- of
- It
- explores
- the
- mind
- of
- a
- killer
- and
- the
- power
- of
- a
- granddaughter's
- love.
- A
- masterful
- and
- explosive
- crime
- novel
- by
- Stella
- Prize
- longlisted
- and
- critically
- acclaimed
- author
- Mandy
- Beaumont.'A
- fast-paced
- and
- entertaining
- read.
- Fans
- of
- Laura
- Elizabeth
- Woollett's
- Beautiful
- Revolutionary
- and
- Australian
- crime
- authors
- such
- as
- Garry
- Disher
- and
- Tom
- Baragwanath
- will
- appreciate
- this
- novel'
- BOOKS+PUBLISHING'Superbly
- understated
- .
- .
- .
- Beaumont
- exhibits
- a
- deep
- understanding
- of
- the
- mind,
- motivations
- and
- behaviour
- of
- this
- human
- who
- has
- let
- himself
- become
- a
- monster' ARTSHUB
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