Former Melbourne detective Colin McLaren’s cold case book into the 2009 disappearance of Bob Chappell and the 2010 conviction of Sue Neill-Fraser for his murder comes after years of agitation and disquiet about that conviction. It’s an itch that won’t be calmed. This book will help, though.

Sensational is the most apt word to describe Southern Justice, referring to both the astonishing revelations of institutionalised errors and wrong-doing, chapter after chapter, and the sensation these revelations prompt in the reader.