Newcastle-upon-Tyne 320, 322
North American readers 44, 70, 75, 90, 232, 272
* * *
Ormskirk (near Southport) 50
Oxford 75, 235
* * *
Paparua Prison (Christchurch) 205, 208, 221, 243, 246, 315–16
paranoia 210, 217, 221–2, 322
Paris 118–19, 239, 242
Park, Christine 47, 52–5, 61–2, 71
Parker, Amy (Pauline’s grandmother) 152, 208
Parker, Honorah, see Rieper, Honorah
Parker, Pauline 11, 129, 132, 145, 151–2, 155, 158, 167–8, 171, 173–4, 177, 181–2, 187, 196–205, 207–8, 210, 213, 215–16, 218–19, 243–6, 249–51, 313, 316, 321–2
buys a pacer, ‘Omar Khayyám’ 175
changes name to Hilary Nathan 171
converts to Catholicism 315
diaries 181, 184, 186, 188, 209, 215, 217–21, 223, 247, 251
holidays at Port Levy 178–9
infatuated with Juliet 175
nocturnal activities 184, 219
prison life 314
rejects both her parents 185
retreats into bouts of depression 24, 181, 248, 320
sees Juliet as a door to another world 175
visits Juliet in the sanatorium 180
visits shipping companies enquiring about fares to New York 183
Parker, Robert William (Honorah Parker’s father) 152
Parker, Wendy 152, 172, 197, 208, 313
Parker–Hulme story 11, 130, 136, 272, 321–2
compared with the Leopold and Loeb case 210
publication in 1991 of A Lesbian View 130
release of movie Heavenly Creatures 128–9
suggestions of homosexual behaviour 56, 58, 90, 192, 210, 217, 221–2, 248
Supreme Court Trial 208, 212, 223, 243
teenage component in the 250
Television New Zealand proposal for documentary 296
Perry, Anne 11–12, 17, 20–1, 26, 39, 41, 45–6, 70–1, 80, 113, 126–7, 134–6, 146, 157, 164, 167, 228, 294–5, 298, 308, 312–14, 323, 326–7
author’s tours 43–5, 64, 96–7, 112, 118, 128, 134, 138, 144, 147, 157, 159, 179, 240, 272, 298
California 305
Canada 41, 46–7, 51–2, 63, 204, 276, 308
contracts 27, 54, 64–5, 93, 96, 102, 117, 120, 313
crime books 46, 48–9, 52, 62, 70–1, 102, 113, 119, 126, 140, 239, 241, 272, 275, 302
films and documentaries 15, 71, 84, 112–13, 129–30, 143–5, 147, 158, 164, 189–90, 239, 253, 286, 296, 302–6
First World War series 239, 263, 265, 267, 269–71, 273, 282, 296, 298, 300–301, 304
foreign-language market 40, 119, 275
French Revolution novels 23, 47, 53, 119, 141, 239
German Jewish refugees 83, 114
* * *
Hollywood 15, 19, 112, 147, 183–4, 209, 306, 323
influence of other crime writers 258–9
literary agents 55, 71, 156, 238
love of poetry 202–3, 257, 278, 280–1, 283, 326
Malice Domestic Convention 119
meets her father (Henry) in secret 82
memories of classmates 154–5, 173, 180, 182
mix-ups with agents 51–2
Monk novels 76, 78, 86, 88–92, 96, 100, 103–5, 107–8, 111, 116–17, 139–43, 165–6, 170–1, 191–3, 229–30, 232–4, 241, 258, 260–3, 273, 291–4, 296, 303–5, 310–12
Mormon attitudes to marriage 68
negotiations with the BBC 118, 126, 159, 162–3, 190
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 320, 322
Pitt novels 40, 47, 56, 67, 70–1, 76, 78, 90, 101, 112, 126, 162, 190–1, 258, 276, 304
Portmahomack 12–14, 92–3, 96, 98–9, 107, 110–11, 124, 131, 133, 138, 140, 142, 147, 167–8, 236–7, 241, 264, 270, 298, 302, 312, 325–6
publications
Acceptable Loss 312
Angels in the Gloom 269, 271
Ashworth Hall 168–9
At Some Disputed Barricade 298
Bedford Square 229
Belgrave Square 109–12
Bethlehem Road 78, 80, 101, 120
Betrayal at Lisson Grove 312
Bluegate Fields 52–6, 58–9, 71
Brunswick Gardens 191
Buckingham Palace Gardens 306–8
Cain His Brother 142
Callander Square 31–2, 39, 59
Cardington Crescent 66–9, 71–2
The Cater Street Hangman 25, 27, 30–2, 39–40, 43, 53, 163, 190–1
A Christmas Grace 303
A Christmas Guest 296
A Christmas Journey 277, 303
A Christmas Promise 304
Come, Come Ye Saints 40
Come Armageddon 193, 195, 227–8
A Dangerous Mourning 103, 107–8
Dark Assassin 293–4
Death in the Devil’s Acre 55, 58–60, 71
Death of a Stranger 260
A Dish Taken Cold 239
Execution Dock 310
The Face of a Stranger 76, 78, 88, 90, 92, 100–101, 111–12, 119–20, 296, 304
Farriers’ Lane 113–14, 116, 120, 126
A Funeral in Blue 260, 263
Half Moon Street 230, 232, 260
Highgate Rise 94, 96, 109
The Hyde Park Headsman 126–8, 138
Long Spoon Lane 290 ‘Lower Than the Angels’ 53 ‘Most Violent Ways’ 53 ‘My Eagle Comes’ 77
The One Thing More 242, 260
Paragon Walk 34–6, 39, 41, 43–4, 46, 49, 67
Pentecost Alley 160
Resurrection Row 41–2, 45, 49, 67
Rutland Place 47–9, 51–2
Sadokhar 69, 193, 195–6, 225–6
Seven Dials 42, 170, 275
The Shifting Tide 291–2
Shoulder the Sky 267, 271
Silence in Hanover Close 72–3, 75, 77
The Silent Cry 170
The Sins of the Wolf 138, 140
Slaves of Obsession 232
Southampton Row 273–4
A Sudden Fearful Death 116–17
Tathea 193–5, 225–9
‘Thou with Clean Hands’ 69, 77, 113, 119
Traitor’s Gate 119, 134, 138, 156, 159
Twisted Root 229
We Shall Not Sleep 300–301
Weighed in the Balance 165
The Whitechapel Conspiracy 258–9, 274, 306
Whited Sepulchres / A Breach of Promise (USA title) 191–2
Queenswood School, Hawke’s Bay 148
re-structures the plots of the non-detective novels 65–6
reacts explosively during Bible studies 37–8
receives her first contract 27
receives regular rejection slips 23
relationship with father 82–3, 99, 174, 282
restores the stone barn 122–4
sells reprint rights for Rutland Place to Fawcett 51
sells the Italian rights for The Cater Street Hangman 40
sends a profile for publicity purposes 35
settles in Darsham 16–17, 19–21, 23, 36–7, 52, 61, 63, 66
short story collections 239, 263
Suffolk 16–17, 22, 63, 80–2, 87, 99, 107, 171
visits Guernsey 75
World War II memories 82–4
Perry, Marion (see also Hulme, Hilda) 19, 49–50, 54–5, 234, 236–9, 252, 284, 290–1, 320, 325
Anne warns of forthcoming publicity 14
delighted at son Jonathan’s return to the UK 234
moves to Portmahomack and buys a cottage 98
reads Anne’s scripts 49
takes up her old role of copyeditor 30
Perry, Walter Andrew Bowman (Bill) 19, 24, 50, 55, 183–4, 196, 200–201, 204, 206, 215–16, 224, 236, 249, 254, 284, 320
begins a relationship with Hilda 184
close to death 54–5
conducts arrangements for Juliet’s defence from Port Levy 207
departs from New Zealand two we
eks after the trial 252–4
diaries (in trial) expose the affair with Hilda
Hulme 215
interviews with the police 201, 203
introduced to Hilda Hulme 184
the last officer to leave Dunkirk Beach 54
marries Marion Hulme 320
provides background evidence on the girls 214
recommendations to Anne on her writing 23, 30
relationship begins with Hilda 183
subject to blackmail by Juliet and
Pauline 184
subpoenaed by the Crown prosecutor 206
tenant at the Hulme homestead in Ilam 183
visits Juliet and Pauline after the murder 200
Port Levy (Banks Peninsula) 178–9, 206–7, 218
Porter, Susanna 308, 313
Portmahomack 12–14, 92–3, 96, 98–9, 107, 110–11, 124, 131, 133, 138, 140, 142, 147, 167–8, 236–7, 241, 264, 270, 298, 302, 312, 325–6
Powell, Grace 256, 288–9, 316
Prince Edward 141, 162–3, 189
prisoners 243, 255–6, 285–9
publishing agents 11, 36, 41, 51–2, 63, 75, 88, 95, 97, 112, 159, 239, 263–4, 270, 275–6, 303, 308
* * *
Queenswood School, Hawke’s Bay 148
* * *
Ramage, William (police photographer) 200, 214
rape 35, 37, 90, 105, 116, 170
readers 48, 79, 94, 100, 138, 228–9, 300, 310, 322
British 70, 322
French 241
North American 44, 70, 75, 90, 232, 272
Reavley, Hilda Marion (later Hulme, Hilda and later Perry, Marion) 50
Relief Society 37
Rieper, Herbert 151–3, 175, 178–9, 181–2, 185, 187–8, 196, 198, 200, 202–4, 208, 214, 219, 243
accused of having ‘defective stock’ 219
de facto status of marriage to Honorah revealed during trial 204
Dennis Brothers’ Fish Shop 153
discovers money ‘stolen’ from his fish shop 184
discovers Pauline’s diaries 202
Down’s Syndrome daughter in care 249
identifies Honorah’s body 203
introduces Pauline to craft-modelling in wood and plasticine 152
learns wife has been involved in an ‘accident’ 199
Rieper, Honorah 151–3, 179–82, 188, 196–205, 213–14, 249, 251, 313
Birmingham origins 204
buried Bromley cemetery, Christchurch 205
elopes with Herbert Rieper 152
murdered by Juliet and Pauline 198, 203
opposes the friendship between Juliet and Pauline 185
postmortem findings 214
rigidity of attitude 249
tries different techniques for handling Pauline’s behaviour 182
Ritchie, Agnes 197–9, 201, 214
Ritchie, Kenneth 198–9, 214
* * *
Salt Lake City 44, 112
Savill, James 223
Sayers, Nick 120, 124, 135
Scotland 80–2, 86–7, 92, 99, 114, 139–40, 156, 167, 229, 234, 236, 264, 302, 326
Scottish Highlands 22, 81–2, 88
Sealey, John 304
Second World War 81–2, 212, 219
sexualities, women’s 116
Shelton, Gilbert 239
Sherman, Ken 15, 112–13, 118, 126, 137, 141, 147, 159, 296, 304–6, 312
Smith, Joseph (prophet) 21, 37, 226–7
South Africa 185, 197, 203, 214
Spain 302–3
Spencer, Caroline 173
St Margaret’s College 148, 151, 155, 281–2
St Martin’s Press 27–8, 30–2, 41, 44–6, 51–5, 65, 69–72, 76, 86, 94, 96–7, 102, 162–3, 302
Stallworthy, Kenneth 221–3, 288
Stewart, Anne (name selected on leaving Mt Eden Prison and later changed to Perry, Anne by deed-poll) 318, 320
Stewart, Jean (headmistress) 153
Suffolk 16–17, 22, 63, 80–2, 87, 99, 107, 171
suffrage movement 35, 67, 78, 120
Sugarman, Robert 126
Supreme Court trial 208, 212, 223, 243
Sutherland, Nancy 234, 278, 280–3, 288
* * *
Talese, Nan 40
Tarbat Ness Lighthouse 92, 238, 325
Tarbat Ness Peninsula 98, 124
Tate, Det. Archie 200–201, 203, 205, 207, 322
Taylor, Diana 55, 62–3, 65
Taylor, Imogen 120, 124, 135–6
Toronto 44, 47, 49, 52, 112, 118
tuberculosis 132, 167, 179, 256, 282
Tyler, Diana 12, 24, 47, 54, 62, 71, 112
Tyndall, Margaret 155, 183, 205
* * *
Victoria Park 197, 200, 213
* * *
Walsh, Fran 129, 144
Watford 19, 49
Webb, Hon Clifton (Minister of Justice) 245–6
Webb, Marjorie 155, 174
women’s sexualities 116
* * *
Yentob, Alan (BBC) 159, 162
Yorkshire Television 102, 113, 190
Young, Stephanie (headmistress) 148, 281–2
Ypres 264–8, 301
* * *
Zimbabwe 236, 264
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
‘… you played a large part in putting “an entirely different perspective on the events, more sensitive to the human frailties of those involved & more respectful of them & their personal integrity” …’
letter from Marion Perry to Nancy Sutherland, quoting Brian Easton’s comments, c April 1995
I have had the great privilege of meeting and working on this project with a number of special people in Anne’s life. I would like to thank them for their insights and unstinting support: Meg Davis, Meg MacDonald, Jonathan Hulme, Don Maass, Kim Hovey, Susanna Porter, Ken Sherman, Diana Tyler, Emmanuelle Heurtebise, Lora Fountain, Diane Hinds, Doris Platt, Mike Ducker, Tim Webb, Dagmar Wolfinden, Elizabeth Sweeney, Jane Pimblett and the people of Portmahomack who shared their experiences of Anne, especially David Wilson, Sandy and Liz Morris at the Castle Hotel, Peggy and Abbie (for the walk), and the congregation of the Mormon Church in Invergordon for their hospitality and warmth.
My understanding has been substantially deepened by the poignant recollections of women who knew both Juliet and Pauline as schoolmates — Margaret Luisetti, Brenda Blake, Jan Spang, Marjorie Smart, Margaret Dacre, Caroline Maze, Patricia Drayton and Sonja Mornin — and by talking to Beth Webster (Dr FO Bennett’s secretary), Gerald Lascelles and Emeritus Professor Russell Stone.
I am especially indebted to the counselling staff of Westlake Girls High, especially Alison Horspool, who talked with me at length about teenage girls, and to then principal Alison Gernhoefer, who was especially supportive, and to Kate Luisetti, Sue McBride, Megan Davidson, Murray Douglas and Nicola Scott.
My research has been assisted and informed by Philippa Drayton, Mark Hangartner, Dr Peter Lineham, Dr Bruce Harding, Jane Barrington, Tonia Geddes, Laura Reeve, Patti Gurekian, Rebecca Perkins and Sarah Lightman, and by fascinating people met along the way, especially Patricia and Terence Young and Brad and Katherine Side. I would like to thank Oliver Sutherland and his family for granting access to Nancy Sutherland’s Parker–Hulme papers in the Macmillan Brown Library at the University of Canterbury. I am grateful to the staff of the following institutions for their co-operation and assistance in accessing archives, images and information: Alexander Turnbull Library; Archives New Zealand; Auckland Libraries (Special Collections); Christchurch City Libraries (Special Collections); Christchurch Press; Macmillan Brown Library (University of Canterbury, Christchurch); the MBA author file archive (London); and New Zealand Herald.
My grateful thanks go to UNITEC, which has been remarkably helpful and encouraging of this project. I would like to thank members of the administration, the library and academic and allied staff who have kindly supported me in my writing of this book. I am grateful especially to Leon Fourie, David Hawkin
s, Marcus Williams, Tanya Eccleston, Gina Ferguson, Susan Eddy, Alastair Campbell, and to Mary-Louise Browne and Mitch Harris for their suggestions and support.
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