The Mushroom Murders
A family lunch. Three deaths. What really happened?
$31.17
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
6 October 2025
Summary
On 29 July 2023, Erin Patterson hosted a family lunch at her home in the small regional Victorian town of Leongatha. She had invited her parents-in-law, Don and Gail Patterson, and Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, and her husband Ian.
Erin made beef Wellington for her guests, individual beef eye fillets covered in mushroom paste, wrapped in pastry. The following day, all four guests were taken to hospital, and Heather, Gail and Don died. Ian Wilkinson barely survived. A toxicologist …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761473661 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1761473662 |
| Author: | Greg Haddrick |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin |
| Imprint: | Allen & Unwin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 6 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 342g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 373mm x 155mm |
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About The Author
Greg Haddrick
Greg Haddrick is a Logie Award-winning screenwriter and film and television producer. His credits include the TV series Underbelly, Janet King, and Pine Gap. He has also won seven AWGIE Awards as a writer, three AFI Awards as a producer, and received an International Emmy Award nomination as a writer and producer. He is the author of In the Dead of Night, a book about the Wonnangatta Valley murders, which was shortlisted for the 2025 Danger Awards.
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