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We are thrilled to be presenting Meet the Author: Lainie Anderson for the launch of Lainie's second book in the Petticoat Mystery series, Murder on North Terrace. Lainie is a firm friend of the bookshop and Adelaide Hills local, and we are delighted to partner with the Burnside Library in hosting Lainie in conversation with Sandy Verschoor at 7pm on Wednesday October 1st, Regal Theatre, 275 Kensington Road, Kensington Park.

In Murder on North Terrace the indomitable Miss Cocks and Ethel Bromley return for Book Two in the bestselling and charmingly cosy Petticoat Police Mystery Series, inspired by one of Australia's first policewomen. Six months after solving the Dora Black case, Kate Cocks and Ethel Bromley are back walking the beat. The city is unsettled. Winter won't leave. Soldiers are returning from the Front with broken bodies and troubled souls. And now a powerful board governor has been found dead in the Art Gallery - dumped beneath a scandalous nude painting that has attracted both pious outrage and record crowds. When Ethel receives an anonymous tip, she's elated at being seconded to the Detective Branch. The murder goes to the heart of Adelaide's elite, where this society girl is in her element. Miss Cocks is left grappling with six o'clock swills, shadows in alleyways and a brutal assault on a schoolgirl. She needs Ethel to catch her killer, and quickly.

Alas, murder in Adelaide is never a simple affair . . .

Lainie Anderson is a writer with 35-year career in journalism and public relations. After being awarded a Churchill Fellowship, Lainie's debut novel Long Flight Home was published in 2019. She is a History Guardian for the History Trust of South Australia and was announced as the 2023 Emerging Historian of the Year by the History Council of South Australia. She lives in the Adelaide Hills with her husband Max. Murder on North Terrace is the second novel in the Petticoat Police Mystery series, following The Death of Dora Black, which was longlisted in the 2025 Indie Book Awards for Debut Fiction.

Tickets are $15 or you can purchase Ticket + Pre-Signed Book for $33 (Murder on North Terrace $33 RRP) with the book to be collected at the event. Murder on North Terrace will be on sale for the night for $33. If you are unable to attend on the night, there is also a Book Only (signed) option available for $33 for SA addresses (signed book will be posted after the event).

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Regal Theatre
275 Kensington Road, Kensington Park South Australia 5068

08 8339 3931 or books@matildabookshop.com.au

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