They Trusted Men: The Untold Story of the Easey Street Murders

by Tom Prior

Genres: True Crime, Crime

245 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Sean Kennedy · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book seems like it was written forty years ago, rather than twenty. The author takes a rather paternalistic, and bordering on misogynistic, view of the victims with a barely disguised slut shaming and pontificating about 'loose women of the seventies'. He does interview some feminists to try and provide history and context, but his own views shine through and colour the text shamefully.

[Saskia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have wanted to know more about this chilling case for years, and was delighted to find this book at a 2nd hand book shop. Unfortunately there are many distracting editing errors in the book, and i am personally not a fan of this author's voice, which is ever-present. Despite this, I was intrigued by the case and all its characters, and so I couldn't put it down. Structured mostly as a series of interviews with key individuals, this reads almost like an oral history of Suzanne and Sue (mostly Suzanne). Many pages are taken up by personal letters sent from Suzanne to her friends and family whilst travelling in Europe. This case is still unsolved, and in the decades since this book was published, investigators have stated publicly that all major suspects have been cleared through DNA testing.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This murder made a terrific impact on society during my childhood. I remember it well. Two young girls murdered in the inner Melbourne suburb of Collingwood and a young baby left abandoned in the house for days. Unfortunately this murder was never resolved. Many people were suspected. Tom Prior poses the question, was it the concreter that did it? It seems as though we will never know.