Tom immediately sets out to find her killer, using clues from a manuscript his friend gave him for review. The next night, that fear is realized when Tom finds her body at a nearby lighthouse. When he is invited to brunch at the home of an old friend, she confides that someone may be trying to kill her. He has brought with him the active curiosity and investigative abilities that often get him into situations most people would ignore. Thomas Martindale, a journalism professor, is enjoying the first day of his summer vacation on the Oregon coast. makes for a fascinating read.' Canberra Times on Ian W. Shaw brings World War II Melbourne to life, and takes us into the mind of the Brownout Strangler, and a very different kind of terror.
A calculating psychopath, he had a twisted fascination with female voices, especially when they were singing. Not long after a third woman was murdered, American soldier Eddie Leonski was arrested. As women were warned not to travel alone, an intense manhunt ensued. Six days later another woman was found dead and her body told the same horrific story. Not long after their arrival, the city would be gripped by panic when the body of a woman was found strangled, partially naked and brutally beaten. But those US forces didn't guarantee safety. May 1942: Melbourne was torn between fearing Japanese invasion and revelling in the carnival atmosphere brought by the influx of 15,000 cashed-up American servicemen. Far away from any World War II battlefront, the citizens of Melbourne lived in fear of a serial killer - the Brownout Strangler.
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