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of three people arriving at a collective understanding and sensibility it might be compared to french author emmanuel carrère s the adversary an exploration of the double life of a once respectable doctor what happened photo v vieira pexels com in july 2023 in a quiet australian country town erin patterson stay at home mother and true crime aficianado invited her estranged husband s devoutly christian family to sunday lunch her ex husband was invited but pulled out at the last minute within days three of her guests were dead and the fourth was in a coma they had been poisoned by death cap mushrooms found present in the beef wellington dish she had served the trial two years later patterson stood trial accused of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder the prosecution argued she deliberately foraged prepared and added the poisonous mushrooms to the meal to kill her guests the defence claimed it was a tragic accident and that she had panicked after realising people had died the mushroom tapes it is a terrible and tragic event when three close relatives die so suddenly after a sunday lunch and even worse to imagine the poisoning may have been deliberate the three writers decide to follow the trial and between them combine close legal examination and observation of people in the courtroom as the events unfold reminding me of yvvette edwards courtroom novel the mother with personal and ethical analysis chloe why is the public fascinated by a female poisoner sarah it s archetypal adam and eve and the apple it s through myths and fairytales chloe these crime stories seem to work as modern folktales we mike it all the more if the characters are clearly good or bad much as those old tales need a witch helen when i was splitting up with my husband he said angrily to me you think you re a good person chloe did you take that as an insult the women listen to the evidence and discuss it in a way that makes for an easy reading intriguing form of coverage a lot less repetitive no doubt than the actual trial female poisoners i also picked this book up because my curiosity had been piqued earlier after listening to a podcast interview with the author patti mccracken prior to the publication of her true crime book the angel makers 2023 a village in hungary in the 1910 1920 s had more than 160 cases of death by poison women in the village had been complaining to their midwife auntie suzy about unwanted pregnancies domestic violence and a host of other marital complaints she had a plethora of knowledge that she passed on to her clients the story blends social history gender roles desperation and crime exploring why these women turned to murder and how the killings remained undetected for so long true crime devotees it is likely that erin patterson and her true crime friends were aware of that book stories about true crime we learn fascinate women a criticism of true crime is that it desensitises us to murder chloe i want to know more about true crime s appeal to women i read that something like seventy percent of amazon s true crime book reviews are by women whereas for war books it s like eighty two per cent men a female audience is driving the production of true crime in every medium why are women so fascinated by this though they attempt to discover a motive the four victims are portrayed as kind gentle people so the focus shifts to an analysis of the personality of erin patterson the accused the disintegration of her marriage her resentments her fascination with true crime and the devoted online community of friends she was part of in absence of the same in her own life according to the newspapers erin had described her upbringing to her facebook friends my mum was ultra weird her whole life we had a horrible upbringing mum was essentially a cold robot it was like being brought up in a russian orphanage where they don t touch babies dad wanted to be warm and loving to us but mum wouldn t let him because it would spoil us so he did as he was told she would shout at him if he did the wrong thing so he became very meek and compliant my sister and i would hide in our room most of the time so we couldn t do anything wrong chloe erin said that to cope with this she spent most of her childhood reading it seems also strange the attention the trial is given in this age of podcasts and content creation so many people pursuing a trial for their own opportunity and attention a conversational book seems almost an oxymoron helen i look at some people i ve seen in the dock and i think jesus i ve been there and somehow i didn t crack something in me stopped me from cracking and murdering a friend of mine said to me i have to know why she broke that s what i m always looking for in these stories what was the point at which erin just could not hack it any longer chloe she has elements of a fantasist or fabulist who knows what she s told herself about breaking final words from the survivor it is an intriguing and compelling read with its own glimmer of hope as the sole survivor of the four dinner guests shares the final thought provoking words exhibiting values seriously lacking elsewhere sarah erin was estranged from her parents so don and gail became even more important for the practical and emotional support they gave love betrayed is often the motive for extreme rage i almost find it more incriminating the more she talks about this well of deep feeling she had for them because this rage about rejection hovers at the edges further reading the guardian the mushroom tapes review erin patterson through the eyes of helen garner chloe hooper and sarah krasnostein author helen garner helen garner is one of australia s most acclaimed and revered writers of novels stories screenplays and works of non fiction in 1993 she won a walkley award and in 2006 she received the inaugural melbourne prize for literature in 2019 she was honoured with the australia council award for lifetime achievement in literature her best selling books include monkey grip the children s bach cosmo cosmolino the spare room the first stone this house of grief everywhere i look the season and her diaries the collected volume of which has been shortlisted for the 2025 baillie gifford prize author chloe hooper chloe hooper s first novel a child s book of true crime was short listed for the orange prize for fiction in 2006 she won a walkley award for her writing on the inquest into the death in custody of cameron doomadgee the tall man her 2008 book length account of the case received numerous awards including the victorian new south wales western australian and queensland premier s literary awards her account of the australian black saturday bushfires the arsonist a mind on fire was voted 2018 s best non fiction title by australian independent booksellers author sarah krasnostein sarah krasnostein is a multi award winning writer and critic her best selling books include the trauma cleaner the believer the quarterly essay not waving drowning and on peter carey she has won walkley awards and been awarded the victorian prize for literature the australian book industry award for general non fiction the victorian premier s prize for non fiction the prize for non fiction at the new south wales premier s literary awards and the dobbie literary award she holds a doctorate in criminal law and is admitted to legal practice in new york and victoria posted in australian literature non fiction true crime tagged australian literature chloe hooper conversations of a triple murder trial courtroom coverage helen garner sarah krasnostein the mushroom tapes true crime 17 comments january 16 2026 by claire word by word you are here 2024 by david nicholls i picked this up from the library during the festive season for a light romcom type read without looking too much into what it was about i remember when david nicholls wrote one day 2009 seeing that book splashed all over red double decker buses in london as if it were a movie and it was a book that was a book about two people from different backgrounds barely connecting while at university but keeping a tenuous friendships alive over 20 years emotional depth continuity the will they won t they get together intrigue readers loved it perfect arc terrible title so i know he understands the formula he is known to adapt books into screenplays he s got the story arc down pat the only thing he gets wrong in my humble opinion are the totally forgettable book titles and this one is terrible you are here i guess it could have been worse here is now or another day i was a little unsure going in as i realised how lonely the two main characters were being portrayed but then i remembered they are going to be going through a transformation so they must start out being somewhat at a loss i persevered northern england s coast to coast the book is about this one friend cleo who invites her friends michael marnie conrad and her son alex to go on a 2 or 3 day walk from the cumbrian west coast of england inland only michael plans to go all the way west to east through yorkshire to the opposite sea he thought he could make it to the east a high belt cinched under scotland s arm crossing the lakes over the pennines along the dales and across the moors then descending down the yorkshire coastline to dip his toes into the north sea it was the famous route devised by alfred wainwright 190 miles usually covered in twelve or thirteen days though he felt sure he could do it in ten if he didn t stop or rest when freedom beckons photo by a rasool on pexels com as they set off the weather deteriorates and some of them pull out so then it is just marnie and michael who continue she continues to delay her taxi and return train to london enjoying the challenge though at the back of her mind is a deadline for the copy edits she s doing for an erotica novel and at the back of his mind is a loose arrangement he made to meet the wife he separated from eighteen months ago books saw her through the pupal stage of thirteen to sixteen frowning at kafka and woolf tearing through john irving and maeve binchy widely read in the proper sense making no distinction between jilly cooper and edith wharton marnie 38 is divorced and michael 42 nearly 2 years separated both are childless and while they say they were good with their solitude the pandemic had not been exactly welcome however this walking holiday does seems to be helping lifting both their spirits being with other families sometimes felt like indoctrination as if she were attending a symposium on what family life could be here s what you might have had if you d made better choices here s where you might have poured your love after a slow and reluctant start with their attention elsewhere they begin to connect and are able to talk about things in a way they have not with anyone else so it might seem predictable but no there has to be a deep connection some kind of disruption perhaps the feeling that s it is over and then the will they won t they before the end well seven days what did you talk about you know life love death she said and conrad laughed though in fact this had been true there s something about walking things slip out it s like taking a truth serum or something also it was very beautiful look for two private people the open air the focus on the walking and the terrain facilitates them being a little vulnerable with each other they are english so not too much while not quite being as open as good friends that would require taking a risk and neither are quite there yet photo by hc digital pexels com i really enjoyed it particularly towards the end as other elements in their lives began to put pressure on them where they were likely to make mistakes exposing their flaws where they had to step up and beyond because they couldn t be guaranteed each other s company like they had been on those seven days apart from the english weather it would be great to see this made into a film or series it certainly lends itself to it with the wry english humour and the opportunity to see all that beautiful landscape it reminded me a little of the unlikely pilgrimage of harold fry by rachel joyce a character who walks from the south of england to the north and interestingly she is also a playwright recommended if you enjoy light uplifting humorous fiction that moves forward at a good pace further reading the guardian you are here by david nicholls review a well mapped romance author david nicholls david nicholls is the bestselling author of starter for ten the understudy one day us which was longlisted for the booker prize for fiction sweet sorrow and you are here he is also a screenwriter who has also written adaptations of far from the madding crowd when did you last see your father and great expectations as well as his own novels his adaptation of edward st aubyn s patrick melrose starring benedict cumberbatch was nominated for an emmy and won him a bafta for best writer nicholls is also the executive producer and a contributing screenwriter on a new netflix adaptation of one day posted in british literature fiction tagged book review british literature coast to coast david nicholls hiking romantic comedy you are here 3 comments january 14 2026 by claire word by word the vanishing act of esme lennox 2006 by maggie o farrell in my library picks i picked up a maggie o farrell novel from her backlist not one of her historical fiction novels of recent years more of a gothic mystery set in mid 20th century scotland in and around edinburgh with another work of historical fiction due in 2026 land set in 1860 s ireland and now the recent success of the film hamnet her star is firmly set in the ascendant a gothic mystery in edinburgh set in twin timelines early 1900 s and early 2000 s it tells the story of a family that returns from india after a tragic loss two sisters who were born there are abruptly brought to scotland to live in the household of a strict and rigidly corseted upper middle class family ruled by a grandmother in an environment that free spirited esme lennox neither fits nor readily accepts conforming to as she gets in trouble her sister sees her own opportunity and makes decisions that will cast long shadows on the family for decades modern life modern dilemmas in the early 2000 s iris runs a shop and has complex relationships with her brother and an unavailable man luke she met at a wedding into this already complex life a telephone call informs that she is the next of kin of a resident of the cauldstone hospital a woman they claim is her grandmother kitty s sister despite iris believing her grandmother had been an only child she is asked to come to an appointment where all shall be revealed meanwile esme s world is about to change though in another sense she is returning to where it all started esme takes one last look at the driveway and sees a woman who used to have the bed next to her standing beside a brown car ...