A Murder Without Motive, Martin McKenzieMurray
A Murder Without Motive, Martin McKenzieMurray
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A Murder Without Motive
The Killing of Rebecca Ryle

Author: Martin McKenzie-Murray

Narrator: Adam Fitzgerald

Unabridged: 6 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2025

Synopsis

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Carol - Reading Writing and Riesling on February 04, 2016

A very personal look at a senseless crime My View: A very personal look at a senseless crime. A community in shock, two families’ lives for ever changed; a teenager the victim of a senseless murder, her death impacting on the psyche of those who knew her, those who were in her orbit and even those who......more

Goodreads review by Michael on February 19, 2016

A thoughtful book that belies its generic title, McKenzie-Murray artfully blends memoir and sociological theorising with a clear and insightful discussion of an utterly senseless murder. Even with the best of intentions, there were times where this all felt a bit ghoulish, but I guess that's impossi......more

Goodreads review by Zora on August 04, 2016

I'm a fan of the author from his writing in The Saturday Paper: he always brings a fresh and considered perspective to whatever topic and he's certainly drawn to the dark stuff. A brave and sensitive account and analysis of a senseless crime, and it read as something he needed to get out of his syst......more

Goodreads review by Derek on January 29, 2016

The cookie-cutter title belies the true worth of this masterful debut, which blends memoir with police procedural, to create a unique and compelling portrait of the origins and consequences of a suburban murder. The author’s coincidental connection to a killer lures him into the story of 19-year-old......more

Goodreads review by Jenny on April 17, 2021

Highly recommended......more

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