{"product_id":"the-scene-of-the-crime-1","title":"The Scene of the Crime","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwelve extraordinary tales of crime and punishment: a collection of true crime writing by New Zealand's award-winning master of non-fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA court is a chamber of questions. Who, when, why, what happened and exactly how - these are issues of psychology and the soul, they're general to the human condition, with its infinite capacity to cause pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brutal murder of a wife and daughter ... A meth-fuelled Samurai sword attack ... A banker tangled in a hit-and-run scandal ... A top cop accused of rape ... A murder in the Outback ... A beloved entertainer's fall from grace ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the hands of award-winning journalist and author Steve Braunias these and other extraordinary cases become more than just courtroom dramas and sensational headlines. They become a window onto another world - the one where things go badly wrong, where once invisible lives become horrifyingly visible, where the strangeness just beneath the surface is revealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcutely observed, brilliantly written, and with the Mark Lundy case as its riveting centrepiece, this collection from the courts and criminal files of the recent past depicts a place we rarely enter, but which exists all around us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Club","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51924111556925,"sku":"9781775540830","price":12.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3135\/9805\/files\/9781775540830.jpg?v=1783131512","url":"https:\/\/bookclub.org.nz\/products\/the-scene-of-the-crime-1","provider":"Book Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}