Lambs To The Slaughter
Inside the Depraved Mind of Child Killer Derek Ernest Percy
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2009
Summary
Inside the depraved mind of child killer, Derek Ernest Percy.Young. White. High IQ. Middle-class family. Naval rating.A portrait of a yuppie success story?No. A portrait of child killer, Derek Ernest Percy.In this definitive, graphically chilling account of Percy’s life, a man dubbed by a prison officer as ‘Australia’s answer to Hannibal Lecter’, award-winning true-crime author Debi Marshall applies her investigative journalism skills to a forensic examination of the crimes, the man and his modus operandi. Informed by exclusive material never before seen - poignant and insightful interviews with Percy’s mother, victims’ families, psychiatrists, police officers and former colleagues - Marshall also takes us on her personal journey as she seeks to unravel the truth about the monster whose lonely, idiosyncratic character has deceived the best psychiatric minds for 40 years.Is Derek Percy responsible for Australia’s worst unsolved child abductions and murders? Is he mad - or just bad?
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781741666519 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1741666511 |
| Author: | Debi Marshall |
| Publisher: | Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | William Heinemann Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2009 |
| Weight: | 516g |
| Dimensions: | 35mm x 152mm x 233mm |
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Debi Marshall
Debi Marshall is a journalist and author who lives in Hobart. She has written a number of biographies and true crime titles, including JUSTICE IN JEOPARDY: The unsolved murder of baby Deidre Kennedy and KILLING FOR PLEASURE: the definitive story of the Snowtown serial killings.
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