Overview
- The book assembles edited transcripts of the authors’ recorded conversations while traveling to the Morwell court, after an initial podcast plan was abandoned.
- The review foregrounds ethical unease about turning the proceedings into public entertainment and interrogates the role of observers in the media spectacle.
- Erin Patterson was found guilty of three murders and the attempted murder of a fourth, received life with a 33‑year non‑parole period, and is appealing her conviction.
- The authors document the scale of attention to the case, noting a court media list of 252 outlets including international representation.
- Early reception highlights the book’s immediacy and conversational form, with sold‑out author events and debate over its rapid publication timeline.