{"title":"Megan Norris","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the captivating world of Megan Norris, a distinguished author renowned for her gripping storytelling in the Crime \u0026amp; Thriller genre. With a keen eye for detail and a profound empathy for her subjects, Norris expertly delves into the complexities of human nature, weaving narratives that are as enlightening as they are engaging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNorris's works, including \u003cem\u003eLook What You Made Me Do\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOn Father's Day\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Messiah's Bride\u003c\/em\u003e, offer a poignant exploration of real-life crime stories. Each book is a carefully researched piece that combines the tension of a thriller with the depth of character study, keeping readers on the edge of their seats while opening windows into the darker facets of human psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer books not only promise thrilling narratives but also shed light on themes of justice, resilience, and the human capacity for both harm and healing. Whether you're a long-time fan of crime stories or new to the genre, Megan Norris's collection provides an immersive reading experience that is both heartfelt and thought-provoking.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"look-what-you-made-me-do-by-megan-norris-9781922896841","title":"Look What You Made Me Do","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLook What You Made Me Do\u003c\/em\u003e, by Megan Norris, is a riveting exploration of revenge killings during marital breakdowns. 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Their father, Robert Farquharson, plunged his car into an icy Victorian dam on Father’s Day 2005. To give Cindy’s story some perspective, Megan interviewed other grieving mothers to identify missed red flags and to highlight the flaws in a system that continues to fail vulnerable women and children. She realised that collectively these true stories highlighted missed red flags and the risk of lethality that had been underestimated and deserved to be more than a chapter in Cindy’s book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the triple murders in the dam, the 2018 execution-style shooting murders of Sydney teenagers, Jack and Jennifer Edwards, whose angry dad was granted a licence to kill despite his long-standing history of domestic violence, to the premeditated murders of Brisbane mum, Hannah Clarke, and her three children whose car was torched by her vengeful ex – \u003cem\u003eLook What You Made Me Do\u003c\/em\u003e shows it is not only women who are at risk when family violence turns deadly. A former winner of an Eliminating Violence Against Women Award, Megan Norris won the 2024 Mitchell Ferrario Award for Compassion in Media at the recent Queensland Homicide Victims Support Network’s annual Night of Recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR THE BOOK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMegan Norris has been a trailblazer. 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By day’s end, their bodies lay at the bottom of an icy dam, a tragedy that sparked one of the most controversial and prolonged murder cases in Australian history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAward-winning author and journalist Megan Norris followed the case for eight years, chronicling Cindy’s heartbreaking journey through a trial, retrial, two failed appeals, and a 2013 High Court ruling that blocked Victorian father Robert Farquharson’s final bid for freedom, putting him behind bars for at least the next thirty-three years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough exclusive, intimate interviews with Cindy and her family, and a meticulous examination of the overwhelming evidence before the courts, Norris details how two juries concluded Farquharson was guilty of murdering his children. 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