Killing Juanita
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Publishing Details
Killing Juanita
By (Author) Peter Rees
ABC Books
ABC Books
15th September 2021
Australia
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Criminal investigation and detection
Organized crime
Victimology and victims of crime
Violent crimes
Physical Properties
Paperback
352
Width 130mm, Height 200mm, Spine 25mm
258g
Description
The award-winning, definitive account of Australia's most notorious cold case, now fully updated with new information
Winner of the Ned Kelly Award for True Crime
On 4 July 1975, Juanita Nielsen set out on foot through the wintry streets of Sydney's red-light district. The chic heiress and newspaper publisher had a business meeting with a man called Eddie Trigg, a manager at the seedy Carousel Cabaret nightclub in Kings Cross.
The following day, Juanita was reported missing. She has not been seen since and her body has never been found.
Despite two police investigations, a coronial inquest and a federal parliament inquiry, the disappearance of Juanita Nielsen remains one of Australia's great unsolved murder mysteries. The most pressing question now is why
Killing Juanita is an unflinching examination of this cold case and its chief protagonists, not least Juanita Nielsen. An ardent campaigner fighting the proposed demolition of historic houses in the Cross, she was a thorn in the side of a powerful property developer with links to notorious crime bosses.
Winner of the 2004 Ned Kelly Award for True Crime and now fully updated with new information, Killing Juanita is a compelling story of greed, corruption, dirty politics and cover-ups. It finally puts to rest decades of speculation, providing the definitive answer that authorities never could - or would.
Author Bio
Peter Rees has had a long career as a journalist covering federal politics and as an author specialising in Australian military history. His books include Anzac Girls; Desert Boys; Lancaster Men; Bearing Witness: The Remarkable Life of Charles Bean; and The Missing Man: From the Outback to Tarakan, the Powerful Story of Len Waters, Australia's First Aboriginal Fighter Pilot. Killing Juanita, about the still unsolved disappearance of heiress, newspaper publisher and anti-development campaigner, won the 2004 Ned Kelly Award for True crime.
