The Mail Train Murders, Kay Duke

Published November 2024 | Pages 240 | Paperback  

Australia 1936. A shocking crime. A community left reeling. A border hopping police chase.

Pre second world war Brisbane Australia is shocked by the discovery of three brutally bashed bodies, including the trains unfortunate conductor, in a blood soaked carriage upon the freshly arrived mail train at Brisbane Central Station. The gruesome find sparks a desperate police chase across more than one state border to catch a killer that always seems one step ahead, no matter how many obstacles he faces or blunders he seems to make. As the chase heads south the horrified community demand justice but once he's caught will they be able to agree on the killers punishment? 

As the world grappled with the Great Depression, the Australian Mail Train Murders were one of the most reported criminal cases in the interwar years and is still a fascinating tale of this country's early true crime history. Become immersed in 1930's Australia by deep diving into this retelling of a brutal crime, a legendary chase and a dramatic court case from an author who may just have discovered eighty years on after the killers death that she herself maybe linked to him.