In the Dead of Night by Greg Haddrick

‘No-one tells a true crime story better than Haddrick.’ – John Silvester

‘Few true crime books take the reader so fully inside the minds of detectives hunting an apex predator . . . it’s as addictive as the best crime thrillers.’ – Matthew Condon OAM, journalist and author

In March 2020 a couple disappears from the remote Wonnangatta Valley, leaving a burnt-out campsite. Russell Hill and Carol Clay are secret lovers, and at first it seems they might simply have started a new life elsewhere. But the police become increasing convinced that they have been the victims of foul play, even though their bodies have not been found.

So begins a painstaking investigation, tracing the driver of every car that was in the area, checking their stories and alibis. Ultimately, after more than a year’s work, there’s only one driver who cannot be eliminated: Greg Lynn, a Jetstar captain.

Is it possible that this highly successful professional pilot is a killer? Could he be responsible for a number of other mysterious disappearances in the Wonnangatta Valley? And how can the police charge him, given that there are no bodies, no witnesses and no clues as to how Russell and Carol were murdered?

This is the gripping inside story of the pursuit and trial of Greg Lynn.

In March 2020 secret lovers Russell Hill and Carol Clay disappeared in Victoria’s remote Wonnangatta Valley. Greg Haddrick tells the gripping inside story of the twists and turns of the police investigation and the trial of pilot Greg Lynn, with many details that haven’t previously been made public.

About the Author: 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, and he has also won seven AWGIE Awards as a writer, three AFI Awards as a produce, and an International Emmy Award nomination as a writer and producer.

29 Oct 2024
 

In the Dead of Night: A mysterious disappearance, a brazen murderer and the police who hunted him down by Greg Haddrick ISBN 9781761068485