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This is one of those true crime books that I've had here since it was published, and I've tried on a few occasions to pick it up - and the subject matter defeated me everytime.

Now I guess the question remains why on earth would you even want to read a book about such an horrific murderer.  The answer has to be that I read these things to try to get an understanding.  Sometimes it works, sometimes I'm still baffled.

From the Blurb:

On 29 February 2000, Katherine Knight committed an unspeakable act.  A mother of four and a grandmother, she seduced and then stabbed John Price 37 times.

Opening Lines:

At 6pm on the night she killed John Price, Katherine Knight sat singing nursery rhymes with her grand-daughter on her lap, her youngest children at her feet.

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On 29th February 2000, Katherine Knight committed an unspeakable act. A mother of four and a grandmother, she seduced and then stabbed John Price 37 times.

A former abattoir worker, she skinned him.

A loving partner, she cooked him with vegetables, making a soup with his head. Made gravy. Left him on plates for his family. Why?

Pricey was her de facto and he wanted out. She didn't like that.

People said that most of the time Katherine Knight seemed normal... until she got angry. She was judged to be legally sane when she committed a crime so horrible that the media shied away from the detail.

Journalist Peter Lalor covered the trial and wanted to know what made Knight go way over the borderline. In this unflinching account he uncovers the layers of her dysfunction, opening the door of 84 St Andrews Street and taking us into the lives of Knight's ex-partners, her family and the locals of Aberdeen, New South Wales. At the time of writing, Katherine Knight was the only woman serving a life sentence in Australia. She is never to be released.

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Submitted by Karen on Wed, 05/05/2010 - 07:13 pm