The Thrill of It - 9780733651229

Hachette Australia

The Thrill of ItAuthor(s): Mandy Beaumont\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Hachette Australia, Australia\nImprint: Hachette Australia\nISBN-13: 9780733651229, 978-0733651229\nSynopsis\nThat 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?\n\nIn March of 1989, Emmerson Kerr is alone.\n\nOne 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 ... '\n\nEmmerson 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 B