Secrets Mother's Keep by Linda J Bettenay

Book Description.

Secondhand. Good condition.Wear to book corners and edges. Author has inscribed inside page. Previous owner has redacted their name.

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 in England, the 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.