- Title:
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And Then the Darkness
- Written by:
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Sue Williams
- Read by:
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Kate Hood
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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10
- Duration:
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10 hours 34 minutes
- Published:
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August 01 2006
- Available Date:
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August 01 2006
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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1741635470
- APN / ISBN-13:
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9781741635478
- Genres:
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Non-fiction; Australian
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Price
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Shortlisted Ned Kelly Award 2006
Shortlisted The Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards / Gold Dagger 2006
They went into the outback together, only one came out alive.
Two young English tourists watch a glorious Australian outback sunset, and are waylaid in the middle of nowhere by a predatory stranger. There's a single gunshot, and then the darkness.
Hours later, Joanne Lees is found wandering the highway, cut and bleeding, her hands bound together and tape matted in her hair. Her boyfriend Peter Falconio seems to have vanished into thin air, leaving behind only a pool of blood on the side of the road. Joanne's account of her ordeal - the apparent murder of her lover, her capture at gunpoint, and her miraculous escape from the back of her attacker's 4WD into the bush - sparked a frenzy of media interest and triggered the biggest manhunt ever mounted in Australia. But with few clues to the lone gunman's identity, and as criticism of the police operation intensified, doubts about Joanne's story began to surface. Was she really as innocent as she appeared?
In this gripping account of Peter Falconio's disappearance, award-winning writer Sue Williams delves into the saga as it unfolds, charting the young couple's early lives, an ill-fated love affair, and the dark past of the gun-happy drifter snared by the investigation.
"Australia – tourist haven or murder capital? Kate Hood narrates the true-crime ordeal of English tourists Peter Falconio and Joanne Lees. While on a dream trip around the world, the couple is attacked in the Australian outback. Joanne manages to escape, but Peter is never seen again. Shortlisted for the 2006 Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award, the book is sprinkled with tales of Australia's criminal culture, the rough, alienated men who cruise long, barren stretches of dangerous roads, and the many backpackers murdered while traveling in Australia. Hood makes Joanne's every anguished moment real, keeping things intense – from the attack itself to the tedious police procedures in the hunt for the attacker."
AudioFile Magazine
"A very good, insightful read."
Amazon