What would it be like to stand in the dock at your own murder trial and to realise that the jury cannot hear even a shred of the evidence?

What became of Marjorie Norval, the attractive social secretary to the wife of a Queensland premier, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances in the 1930's.

What could drive a man to murder and crucify his own children while chanting religious texts from the Bible?

These and many more startling questions from Australia's hair-raising past are examined in this stunning new book by leading Australian true crime writer, Dr Tony Matthews.