Southern Justice by Colin McLaren

Who really murdered Bob Chappell?

Daybreak, Sandy Bay, Hobart, 27 January 2009.

A yacht, the Four Winds, is seen listing low to the waterline. When police board the sinking vessel there is no sign of the owners, Bob Chappell and Sue Neill-Fraser but, disturbingly, they find blood.

Bob Chappell is never seen again. The blood spatter leads police to the conclusion that he has been murdered. Sue Neill-Fraser is arrested, found guilty and sentenced to 26 years' imprisonment.

May, 2016. Ex-cop and bestselling true-crime author Colin McLaren probes the notorious cold case. What he discovers shocks him. No body, no motive, no witnesses, a puddle of unexplained DNA liquid, undisclosed police documents, insubstantial scenarios - all lead him to believe Sue Neill-Fraser was wrongly convicted. He is not alone, as lawyers line up to help her.

August 2017. Sue Neill-Fraser remains in prison. When questions are asked of her conviction, new witnesses are charged, including a lawyer, and unbearable pressure is applied until, fearing for his own liberty, Colin McLaren flees the country. Southern Justice lays out the evidence that exonerates an innocent woman.

The guilty are still out there!