CRIME CULTURE: In The Clearing by J. P. Pomare

An Australian millionaire rapist who then went to the United States and became a serial killer is the focus of this uneven bit of historical true crime reportage, writes Gary Johnston.

The number of prisoners in Australia’s jails convicted of illicit drug offences is rising by the month. Rarely heard however is the story of those affected by drug addiction, people who require treatment but instead receive incarceration. Murray Kinnane is the father of one such person.

It’s the historical true crime novel set in 1920s Sydney that places a “beautiful bad woman” at the centre of it all. Sarah McLean takes a look at ‘Angel of Death’.