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Trace
- Who killed Maria James?
- Narrated by: Rachael Brown
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The riveting inside story of a journalist's cold-case investigation of a shocking murder.
Every cop has a case that dug its claws in and would not let go. For veteran detective Ron Iddles, it was his very first homicide case - the 1980 murder of single mother Maria James at the back of her Melbourne bookshop. He never managed to solve it, and it still grates like hell.
Maria's two sons, Mark and Adam, have lived in a holding pattern longer than Rachael Brown has been alive. When the investigative journalist learned that a crucial witness’s evidence had never seen daylight, the case would start to consume her - just as it had the detective nearly four decades prior - so she asked for his blessing, and that of the James brothers, to review Maria’s case.
In her exhaustive and exhausting 16-month investigation for the ABC podcast Trace, Rachael reviewed initial suspects, found one of her own, and prompted devastating revelations about a forensic bungle and possible conspiracies that led to calls for the coroner to hold a new inquest.
This is a mesmerising account, as Rachael traces back through her investigation - one that blew the dust off a 38-year-old cold case, gave a voice to the forgotten and the abused, and could have serious implications for two of the state’s most powerful institutions.
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- Nosam Enelram
- 30-04-2020
If you are expecting a ending then think again
Excellent book I loved listening to the way Rachel got a sniff of something and chased it down and kept going until it came to an end sometimes with a sad and terrible end and sometimes to no avail. I wish the coroner, the Premier or who ever needs to make the decision to open Maria's case up again at least reads this book and has a think about it. Good luck Mark and Adam , I am sorry what happened to you on so many levels, I am sorry Maria. Thanks Rachel for writing this book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-12-2019
Awesome Work!!
Thankyou for your hard dedication and sharing with us. Lets hope closure is found Thankyou
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- Anonymous User
- 11-05-2022
Devastating
Great listen. Dreadful situation for victims. You come out of this with an abhorrence for the Catholic church and little respect for Victoria police management. Worth the listen definitely.
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