No Justice

No Justice

Submitted by Karen on

Author's Home Country: 
Australia
Category: 
True Crime

The discovery of a transsexual skeleton in a deserted mineshaft in Bonnie Doon, Victoria in June 1996 sparked a renewed police investigation into the death of country housewife Jenny Tanner, who had allegedly committed suicide less than 2km from the mineshaft. The sensational discovery also prompted Robin Bowles to close her successful public relations business in Victoria and investigate Jenny Tanner's alleged suicide. The result was the bestseller "Blind Justice: The True Story of the Death of Jennifer Tanner".

ISBN: 
0732910412
Publisher: 
Pan MacMillan Australia
Year of Publication: 
2000

NO JUSTICE - Robin Bowles

Author Information
Book Title: 
No Justice
Author Name: 
Robin Bowles
Author's Home Country: 
Australia
ISBN: 
0732910412
Categorisation
Category: 
True Crime
Publisher: 
Pan MacMillan Australia
Year of Publication: 
2000

On 19 July 1995, two young men stumbled upon a partially clothed skeleton, wearing lingerie, high-heeled boots and jewellery, in a disused mineshaft near Bonnie Doon, Victoria.

The sensational find was identified as the remains of transsexual Melbourne prostitute Adele Baily, who had been missing for more than 17 years.  How did Adele Baily die, and why was her body hidden in a forgotten mineshaft?

Book Review: 

This is the story of the life of Adele Baily, her death and the connection between the location of her body and the house in which Jenny Tanner died.  Victorians, in particular, will probably be well aware of the case of the supposed suicide of Jenny Tanner - who supposedly shot herself in the head, twice, with a shotgun, fired by her toes.  But this book's not about Jenny Tanner - it's about Adele Baily and the location of her body and the connection with ex-policeman Denis Tanner.

Reading this book wasn't a very satisfying experience to be brutally honest.  Probably a personal opinion, as I think I prefer my true crime reading to lay out the details of a case and allow me to draw my own conclusions.  NO JUSTICE felt, to me, like there were viewpoints being expanded and conclusions drawn for me. 

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