McKenzie-Murray’s upcoming book on Claremont murders

Scribe is pleased to announce the acquisition of a new true crime book from Martin McKenzie-Murray. The book will deal with a set of deeply unsettling serial murders in the up-market Perth suburb of Claremont in 1996 and 1997. Almost 20 years later, just before Christmas 2016, a Perth man was charged with the killings.

Martin’s first book A Murder Without Motive: the killing of Rebecca Ryle was released last year to critical acclaim. It took a very different look at the true crime genre, infusing memoir (Martin grew up in the area where the murder took place) and making connections between social issues and the possible motivations of crime. Martin also worked very closely with Rebecca’s family — painting an intriguing portrait of grief and the ways in which ordinary people’s lives are changed by senseless acts of violence.

Martin writes of the Claremont murders:

‘The arrest came out of the blue, and grabbed me immediately. I think most — including former detectives and lawyers — had assumed the trail was stone cold. It still seems that everyone in Perth has a story. My father — a cabbie — was spoken to by police a few times; I moved into the area in 2000. There was a great blooming of rumour and urban legend around these tragedies.’

The book will be published by Scribe next year.

A Murder Without Motive

Martin McKenzie-Murray

RRP: $27.99 Pub date: 27 Jan 2016 Category: True crime Cover view

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