She Lies in the Vines

Author/Guide: Benjamin Stevenson

Why a Booktrail?

2000s: Four years ago Eliza Dacey was brutally murdered.Within hours, her killer was caught. Wasn’t he?

ISBN: 978-1529353280
Genre: Crime, Inspired by true events, legal/political

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What you need to know before your trail

The opening titles of Jack Quick’s new true-crime documentary raises more than a few questions.

A skilled producer, Jack knows that the bigger the conspiracy, the higher the ratings. Curtis Wade, convicted of Eliza’s murder on circumstantial evidence and victim of a biased police force, is the perfect subject. Millions of viewers agree.

Just before the finale, Jack uncovers a minor detail that may prove Curtis guilty after all. Convinced it will ruin his show, Jack disposes of the evidence and delivers the finale unedited: proposing that Curtis is innocent.

But when Curtis is released, and a new victim is found bearing horrifying similarities to the original murder, Jack realizes that he may have helped a guilty man out of jail. And, as the only one who knows the real evidence of the case, he is the only one who can send him back..

Locations

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Australia - NSW
A: Hunter Valley
B: Hunter River
C: Sydney - Long Bay Correctional Complex

Travel Guide

Travel BookTrail style to the Hunter Valley, NSW

A novel of intrigue and mystery set in the wine area of the Hunter Valley, north of Sydney. Whilst the setting is vague rather than precise – the town of Birravale where the murder takes place is of course fictional, this doesn’t matter. It’s the rich evocation of setting which works here. It’s vast, dry, hot and deadly. Bush land and fields as far as the eye can see.

Contrast that to the setting of the prison in beautiful Sydney bay. It might be a prison but it’s set in one of the most stunning bays in the world. The difference between the two settings really pushes along the story. The vineyards were a great setting – very well evoked and descriptive enough to evoke all of all the five senses.The vines, the vineyards and the eerie silence….

In real life Hunters Valley is famous for wines but you won’t find the Freemans winery – that’s just in the book thank goodness. However there are plenty more to tour!