A Child’s Book of True Crime

“It is difficult to believe that this clever, creepy tale is Chloe Hooper’s first novel ... It’s originality and ambition make it a deeply impressive debut.”

Sunday Telegraph

Kate Byrne is having an affair with the father of her most gifted student. 

Unnervingly, her lover’s wife has just published Murder At Black Swan Point, a true crime book about the brutal slaying of a young woman. As Kate becomes fixated on the unsolved crime of passion, she is less and less aware of her safety in the present. 

Chilling, erotic and utterly suspenseful, A Child's Book Of True Crime marks the arrival of a powerful and original new voice.

Reviews

“People don't make this kind of fuss for nothing. Hooper's novel is extraordinary...there's a confidence and imagination in the writing that you rarely see in a first novel.”

The Australian

“Funny, edgy and sparky as sherbet, Hooper’s novel lingers in the mind with all the sweetness and menace of childhood itself.”

Independent