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Chapters (56)
  1. COVER PAGE
  2. PRAISE
  3. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  4. DEDICATION
  5. EPIGRAPH
  6. PROLOGUE
  7. CHAPTER 1: A QUIET DRINK ON THE WAY HOME
  8. RECORDS OF INTERVIEW
  9. CHAPTER 2: WATCHING THE DETECTIVE
  10. CHAPTER 3: THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME
  11. CHAPTER 4: BROKEN SLEEP, BROKEN DREAMS
  12. RECORDS OF INTERVIEW
  13. CHAPTER 5: JUSTICE IS BLIND
  14. CHAPTER 6: THE MURDERER’S DAUGHTER
  15. CHAPTER 7: THE MOOD OF THE SEA
  16. RECORD OF INTERVIEW, RADIO TRANSCRIPT
  17. CHAPTER 8: YOU CAN NEVER HIDE THE SWELLING
  18. CHAPTER 9: A RAINBOW OF BRUISES
  19. CHAPTER 10: TWO DECEASED ADULTS, ONE LIVE CHILD
  20. CHAPTER 11: THE GIRL ON THE ROAD
  21. CHAPTER 12: SCHOOL CORRIDORS OF SMALL POWERS
  22. CHAPTER 13: THE LOST BOY
  23. CHAPTER 14: THE COMFORT OF A NANA
  24. CHAPTER 15: THE NAUGHTY BOY IN THE ATTIC
  25. CHAPTER 16: THE INTRUDER
  26. RECORD OF INTERVIEW
  27. CHAPTER 17: A HALL FULL OF WOMEN WITH CAKE
  28. CHAPTER 18: MORE THAN ONE
  29. CHAPTER 19: DEAD MERV
  30. CHAPTER 20: SUNDAY LUNCH AND A HOMICIDE FILE
  31. CHAPTER 21: A NAYLE IN THE COFFIN
  32. CHAPTER 22: TROUBLE IN THE TEA AISLE
  33. CHAPTER 23: THE INSIDES OF MERV
  34. CHAPTER 24: THE DEVIL’S CORNER
  35. CHAPTER 25: THE WISHING POOL
  36. CHAPTER 26: THE GIRL THEY DIDN’T BELIEVE
  37. CHAPTER 27: CHICKS CRY FOUL
  38. RECORD OF INTERVIEW
  39. CHAPTER 28: THE WATCHING MULLIGANS
  40. CHAPTER 29: DIMITRI’S LEMONS
  41. CHAPTER 30: THE TOWN MEETING
  42. CHAPTER 31: THE WAFFLES BARRIER
  43. CHAPTER 32: THE TABLES TURN
  44. CHAPTER 33: THEIR PRECIOUS BOY
  45. CHAPTER 34: NO WINNERS
  46. CHAPTER 35: SEAWEED
  47. CHAPTER 36: THE CALL LOG
  48. CHAPTER 37: HER HISTORY TOO
  49. CHAPTER 38: THE ARREST
  50. CHAPTER 39: THE FALLOUT
  51. CHAPTER 40: THE DECEPTION BAY SPRING FAIR
  52. CHAPTER 41: THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER’S VISIT
  53. CHAPTER 42: NO SUPERHERO ENDING
  54. CHAPTER 43: THE ‘JUSTICE’ SYSTEM
  55. EPILOGUE
  56. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I nodded. Said nothing, knowing what would come next.

‘And then he spun me around, pushed me against a wall and—’ Gemma stopped. Tears ran down her face. ‘I can’t … I don’t know why I didn’t … and then he just …’

RECORDS OF INTERVIEW

RECORDS OF INTERVIEW

Record of Conversation between Detective Senior Constable Antigone Pollard and Noah Shepherd conducted at the residence of Noah Shepherd, 18 Dellacourt Ave, Toorak, Tuesday, 2 January, 10.15 am

Look, I don’t even know why you’re here. I swear I didn’t rape her. This is crazy. We were inside the pub and we were dancing and I told her to come outside with me. We went outside, to a park, and, you know … Be more specific? Well … um … we were kissing and, you know, I put my hand up her skirt. I mean, she pushed my hand away but then I did it again and she didn’t push my hand away. I honestly thought she was up for it. She never said anything. She seemed a bit upset afterwards, but how was I to know?

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Record of Conversation between Detective Senior Constable Antigone Pollard and Nina Bertram, conducted at address supplied, Brunswick, Tuesday, 2 January, 12.30 pm

I share an apartment with Gemma Watson and on New Year’s Eve we went out clubbing. We went to a couple of places but they were duds, then we went to the Gun Alley Nightclub. We got there sometime after 10 pm, I think. Gemma bought us some drinks then this guy asked her to dance. Me and our other friend, Rosie, got talking to some other guys. Not long after that, Gemma came up to us. She was crying and really upset. We left straight away but she wouldn’t tell us what happened. This morning, she finally told me she’d been raped by that guy in a park. I told her to go straight to the police. Looking back, it all happened so quickly. One minute she’s dancing, and the next minute she’s all upset. I reckon she would have had maybe six drinks over a couple of hours. Gemma doesn’t usually drink and she was definitely sort of drunk, but not too drunk to know she’d been raped.

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Statement: Billy Aitkin, head of security at the Gun Alley Nightclub, King Street, Melbourne, Wednesday, 3 January, 10 am