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In 2004, the body of a young Perth woman was found on the grounds of a primary school. Her name was Rebecca Ryle. The killing would mystify investigators, lawyers, and psychologists - and profoundly rearrange the life of the victim's family.
It would also involve the author's family, because his brother knew the man charged with the murder. For years, the two had circled each other suspiciously, in a world of violence, drugs, and rotten aspirations.
A Murder Without Motive is a police procedural, a meditation on suffering, and an exploration of how the different parts of the justice system make sense of the senseless. It is also a unique memoir: a mapping of the suburbs that the author grew up in, and a revelation of the dangerous underbelly of adolescent ennui. (Scribe Publications)
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- Large print.
Works about this Work
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What I’m Reading
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2018; -
Crime Scene : Martin McKenzie-Murry A Murder Without Motive : The Killing of Rebecca Ryle
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , May 2016;
— Review of A Murder Without Motive 2016 single work biography -
Martin McKenzie-Murray, A Murder Without Motive
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 6 February 2016;
— Review of A Murder Without Motive 2016 single work biography -
[Untitled]
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 February 2016; (p. 27)
— Review of A Murder Without Motive 2016 single work biography
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[Untitled]
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 February 2016; (p. 27)
— Review of A Murder Without Motive 2016 single work biography -
Martin McKenzie-Murray, A Murder Without Motive
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 6 February 2016;
— Review of A Murder Without Motive 2016 single work biography -
Crime Scene : Martin McKenzie-Murry A Murder Without Motive : The Killing of Rebecca Ryle
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , May 2016;
— Review of A Murder Without Motive 2016 single work biography -
What I’m Reading
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2018;
Awards
- 2016 shortlisted Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing — Best True Crime
- Perth, Western Australia,
- Mindarie, Wanneroo area, Northern Perth, Perth, Western Australia,
- ca. 2004-2014
- Perth, Western Australia,