Unmaking a murder : the mysterious death of Anna-Jane Cheney
Archer, Graham2017
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An investigation into an intriguing murder case and an unprecedented account of how the decisions made by organs of government can be defended and mistakes covered up. Anna-Jane Cheney worked at the epicentre of the conservative Adelaide legal community. She was vivacious, popular and talented with an impeccable middle-class upbringing. The man she loved, Henry Vincent Keogh, was a divorced 39-year-old Irish migrant with three children. She died just six weeks before their wedding date. According to the prosecution Keogh had planned the drowning murder of Anna-Jane 18 months in advance. He had taken out five insurance policies amounting to
Main title:
Unmaking a murder : the mysterious death of Anna-Jane Cheney / Graham Archer.
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Imprint:
North Sydney, NSW : Penguin Random House Australia Pty Ltd, 2017.
Collation:
xi, 353 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-352)
Audience:
General.
Contents:
Introduction -- Part 1 The verdict -- The Bull & Bear -- That night -- The autopsy -- The policies -- The women -- The first trial -- The verdict -- The second trial -- Part II Expert evidence -- From the mouth of babes -- No way out -- Friends and foes -- The bandwagon begins to roll -- First blood -- The fix -- Water torture -- Part III Taking it on -- Changing the deckchairs? Each-way bet -- Other troubles -- Rought justice -- Collateral purpose -- 'Doctored' -- The scales of justice -- Third time unlucky -- Here we go again -- Part IV Conspiracy theories? A change has to come -- behind bars -- An unexpected ally -- art V A white knight -- The smoking gun -- The legacy -- Two down -- Afterword -- Notes -- Acknowledgements.
ISBN:
9780143784050
Dewey class:
364.1523
Language:
English
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Index terms:
Australian
BRN:
20467
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