Secrets Mother's Keep by Linda J Bettenay

Book Description.

Secondhand. Good condition. Some edgewear, particularly to book corners. Inscribed by author "To Jill, Please enjoy reading my story about soime amazing pioneers - their lives, their loves and their deepest secrets" Linda J Bettenay

A brutal murder occurs on an isolated farm in the 1920s in Western Australia and the victim's wife and children are violently abused, scandalising the whole country.

This novel is set in the 1910s and 1920s England, Middle East and Western Australia. It is based on the murder of Harold E Smith, the assault of his wife and children and the subsequent trial and execution of Clifford Hume.