Murder on North Terrace: A Petticoat Police Mystery
Book 2
$29.69
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2025
Summary
Murder is an art … But can Miss Cocks and Ethel draw out the killer? The second novel in the bestselling Petticoat Police Mystery series, perfect for fans of Amanda Hampson and Richard Osman.
Adelaide, September 1917. Woman constables Kate Cocks and Ethel Bromley are 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 power…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733652097 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0733652093 |
| Author: | Lainie Anderson |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 152mm x 228mm |
| Series: | Petticoat Police Mystery |
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Lainie Anderson
Lainie Anderson OAM has worked with Adelaide’s Sunday Mail, Melbourne’s Herald Sun, and London’s The Times. After being awarded a Churchill Fellowship, Lainie published her debut novel Long Flight Home in 2019. In 2024, Lainie completed a PhD on Kate Cocks, the inspiration behind the Petticoat Police Mysteries.
Lainie is a board member of the History Trust of South Australia, the vice-president of the History Council of South Australia, and sits on the SA selection committee for the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. She was SA’s 2023 Emerging Historian of the Year and in 2026 was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for her service to community history.
The Secrets of Montgomery Manor is the third novel in the Petticoat Police Mystery series, following bestsellers Murder on North Terrace and The Death of Dora Black. The latter was longlisted for the 2025 Indie Book Awards for Debut Fiction and the 2025 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award. Lainie lives in Adelaide with her husband Max.
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