Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century

So Brilliantly Clever: Parker, Hulme and the Murder that Shocked the World

Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century was written by and Peter Graham. The 384 page book was published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. in 2013 (originally in 2011) with an ISBN 10 of 1626363056. Most books are now available in ebook, pdf and audible formats. If you need more information about this publication, it can be purchased at Amazon.com or Google Books. If the book is older and/or out of print book try to locate a copy on eBay.com. Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century mentions 1 serial killers including Oakland County Child Killer. The author Peter Graham has 1 book(s) listed on Killer.Cloud used for the purpose of documenting facts about Serial Killers listed in our database.

Book Summary

On June 22, 1954, teenage friends Juliet Hulme—better known as bestselling mystery writer Anne Perry—and Pauline Parker went for a walk in a New Zealand park with Pauline’s mother, Honora. Half an hour later, the girls returned alone, claiming that Pauline’s mother had had an accident. But when Honora Parker was found in a pool of blood with the brick used to bludgeon her to death close at hand, Juliet and Pauline were quickly arrested, and later confessed to the killing. Their motive? A plan to escape to the United States to become writers, and Honora’s determination to keep them apart. Their incredible story made shocking headlines around the world and would provide the subject for Peter Jackson’s Academy Award–nominated film, Heavenly Cr...