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The Teacher's Pet

The Teacher's Pet

by Hedley Thomas
Paperback
Publication Date: 10/10/2023

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If you thought you knew the story of The Teacher's Pet, get ready to be shocked. 

Hedley Thomas takes you behind the scenes with a blow-by-blow account of one of the most intriguing and enduring murder mysteries of our time - the crime, the podcast investigation, the sexual exploitation of teenage students, the courtroom drama - and how justice was finally delivered.

Lynette Simms disappeared from Sydney's idyllic northern beaches in 1982 and was never seen again.

Lyn was a caring nurse, loving mother and devoted wife. Her husband Chris Dawson was a rugby league star, a popular teacher and exceptionally close to his identical twin brother, Paul.

But this facade of domestic bliss shattered as Chris became infatuated with the family's babysitter - his 16-year-old student - a girl he moved into Lyn's home and bed just two days after her disappearance.

Thirty-six years later, investigative journalist Hedley Thomas revisited the story in a record- breaking podcast series that captured the unconditional support of Lyn's friends, colleagues, neighbours and family, and an international audience. 

With fresh leads and old evidence resulting in a public groundswell for authorities to take action, Chris was arrested in late 2018 and after a dramatic trial was found guilty of murder in August 2022.

ISBN:
9781760784782
9781760784782
Category:
True crime
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
10-10-2023
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan Australia
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
512
Dimensions (mm):
230x154x40mm
Weight:
0.65kg
'A monumental work. A burrowing, twisting, spine-tingling, genre-defining tribute to the power - and the cost - of asking questions. If you think you know this story, think again. No Australian, alive nor dead, has given more to journalism than Hedley Thomas. True crime storytelling as we now know it begins with The Teacher's Pet.'
Trent Dalton
Hedley Thomas

Hedley Thomas is The Australian's national chief correspondent, specialising in investigative reporting with an interest in legal issues, the judiciary, corruption and politics.

He has won eight Walkley awards including two Gold Walkleys; the first in 2007 for his investigations into the fiasco surrounding the Australian Federal Police investigations of Dr Mohamed Haneef, and the second in 2018 for his podcast, The Teacher's Pet, investigating the 1982 murder of Sydney mother Lynette Dawson.

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