Mandy Beaumont's "The Thrill of It" with Katherine Kovacic

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Come to Brighton Library to hear about the creation of a masterful and explosive crime novel by Stella Prize longlisted and critically acclaimed author, Mandy Beaumont. Taut, chilling and unforgettable, "The Thrill of It" explores the mind of a killer and the power of a granddaughter's love. Joining Mandy in conversation will be Katherine Kovacic, author, art historian, former veterinarian and current dog lover. Katherine's latest book "Seven Sisters" was shortlisted for a Ned Kelly Award.

Mandy Beaumont's debut novel "The Furies" was long-listed for the prestigious Stella Prize and shortlisted for the MUD Literary Prize as well as the Queensland Literary Awards Fiction Book of the Year.

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?

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