The Death of Dora Black: A Petticoat Police Mystery
Book 1
$24.23
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
26 August 2025
Summary
The irresistibly charming and cosy first novel in the bestselling Petticoat Police Mystery series, inspired by the true story of Australia’s pioneering policewoman, Kate Cocks
‘An outstanding debut - funny, poignant, historically fascinating, and an absorbingly good crime read - The Death of Dora Black keeps you guessing to the very end’ - PIP WILLIAMS
Summer, Adelaide, 1917. The impeccably dressed Miss Kate Cocks might look more like a schoolmistress than a policewom…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733653612 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0733653618 |
| Author: | Lainie Anderson |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 26 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 194mm x 124mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Petticoat Police Mystery |
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About The Author
Lainie Anderson
Lainie Anderson OAM has worked with Adelaide’s Sunday Mail, Melbourne’s Herald Sun and London’s The Times. After being awarded a Churchill Fellowship, Lainie published her debut novel Long Flight Home in 2019. In 2024, Lainie completed a PhD on Kate Cocks - the inspiration behind the Petticoat Police Mysteries. Lainie is a board member of the History Trust of South Australia, the vice-president of the History Council of South Australia and sits on the SA selection committee for the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. She was SA’s 2023 Emerging Historian of the Year and in 2026 was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for her service to community history. Murder on North Terrace is the second novel in the Petticoat Police Mystery series, following The Death of Dora Black, which was longlisted for the 2025 Indie Book Awards for Debut Fiction and the 2025 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award. Lainie lives in Adelaide with her husband Max.
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