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The Search for Anne Perry

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by Joanne Drayton


  NZ Listener, 1950–59, 1991, 2010

  NZ Truth, 1950–59

  NZ Woman’s Weekly, 1954, 1994, 2002, 2011

  People’s Voice, 1950–54

  Press, 1950–54, 1958–59

  Australian Newspapers

  Sydney Morning Herald, 1954

  Sun, 1954

  British Newspapers

  Daily Express, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1967

  Daily Mail, 1954

  Daily Mirror, 1954

  Daily Sketch, 1954

  Daily Telegraph, 1954

  Evening News, 1954

  London Evening Standard, 1964

  Time Magazine, 1954

  Times London, 1954

  INTERVIEWS

  Christchurch Girls’ High School 3A classmates Margaret Luisetti, Brenda Blake, Margaret Dacre, Carline Maze, Marjorie Smart and Jan Spang, interview with biographer, Christchurch, 10 September 2010.

  Davis, Meg, interview, London, 13–21 December 2010.

  Drayton, Patricia, in conversation, 2010–11.

  Fountain, Lora and Emmanuelle Heurtebise, interview, Paris, 12 January 2011.

  Hinds, Diana, interview, London, 31 December 2010.

  Horspool, Alison, interview, Auckland, 3 July 2011.

  Hovey, Kim, interview, New York, 19 January 2011.

  Hulme, Jonathan, interview, Portmahomack, 6 January 2011.

  Maass, Don, interview, New York, 18 January 2011.

  MacDonald, Meg, interview, Portmahomack, 5 January 2011.

  Mornin, Sonya, in conversation, Auckland, October 2011.

  Opie, Susan, in conversation, London, 7 July 2010.

  Perry, Anne, interview, London, 6 July 2010.

  Perry, Anne, interviews, Portmahomack, 11–13 July 2010.

  Perry, Anne, interviews, Portmahomack, 2–9 January 2011.

  Perry, Anne, in conversation, Vancouver, 20–22 October 2011.

  Porter, Susanna, interview, New York, 19 January 2011.

  Sherman, Ken, interview, New York, 20 January 2011.

  Stone, Russell, interview, Auckland, 20 November 2011.

  Webster, Beth, interview, Auckland, c March 2011.

  SEARCHABLE TERMS

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  ABC’s 20/20 programme 137–8

  Adams, Judge Francis Boyd 212, 219, 221, 223, 243, 255

  adolescence 158, 168, 174, 210, 222, 247, 250

  adultery 38, 58

  affairs 67, 114–15, 184, 215–16, 236, 249

  agents, see publishing agents

  Alchemy Productions 304–5

  Allingham, Margery 31, 48

  Ardent Productions 141, 162–3, 189, 191

  Arn Gate Cottage 14, 98

  Arohata Borstal (Wellington) 245–7, 314–16

  Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (Aldermaston) 19, 206, 235

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  Bahamas 85

  Ballantine Publishers 51, 76, 86, 90, 93, 96–7, 102–3, 107, 109, 111, 117–18, 120, 124–5, 137–8, 156–7, 273, 275, 296, 308–9

  American readers willingness to accept Anne Perry (a murderer) 90

  Blades, Joe 273–5, 277, 290, 296

  friction with Meg Davis over her management of Anne Perry’s state of mind 138

  launches the Monk series 76, 78, 86, 88–92, 96, 100, 103–5, 107–8, 111, 116–17, 139–43, 165–6, 170–1, 191–3, 229–30, 232–4, 241, 258, 260–3, 273, 291–4, 296, 303–5, 310–12

  launches the Pitt series 40, 47, 56, 67, 70–1, 76, 78, 90, 101, 112, 126, 162, 190–1, 258, 276, 304

  Nevler, Leona 15, 76, 88, 100, 102, 128, 134, 193, 228, 263, 273

  offers publishing contracts to Anne Perry 96–7, 117–18

  Susanna, Porter 308, 313

  willing to take a risk with Anne Perry’s writings 76

  Banyard, Capt. Stanley (Church Army) 280

  Barnes, Ray and Chlo (Anne’s US neighbours) 17–18

  Barnett, Sam (Secretary of Justice and Controller General of Prisons) 246, 316, 318

  Barocas, Valari 71

  BBC 118, 126, 159, 162–3, 190

  Belgium 264–5, 267

  Bennett, Dr Francis 180, 182, 197, 208, 215, 217, 219–21

  Bible 37–8, 218

  Blades, Joe (see also Ballantine Publishers) 273–5, 277, 290, 296

  Book of the Month Club 160

  book reviews 100–101, 108–9, 129, 165, 228, 238, 258, 271, 275, 310–11

  Bowen, Trevor 190

  British readers 70, 322

  Brown, Alan (Crown Prosecutor) 211–14, 216–19, 221, 223, 243, 247

  Brown, Sen. Det. Macdonald 200

  Browne family 120–1, 148

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  California 17, 19, 36–7, 39, 305, 323

  Cambridge University 50, 206–7, 305

  Canada 41, 46–7, 51–2, 63, 204, 276, 308

  Canterbury Council of Social Services 150

  Canterbury University College 121

  capital punishment (see also hangings) 244

  Capital Punishment Act 1950 244

  Cashmere Sanatorium 179–80, 219, 319

  Catholicism 315

  Catholics, see Roman Catholics

  censorship 231, 240–1, 281

  Christchurch 148, 150, 212, 220, 223, 253, 313

  Cashmere Sanatorium 179–80, 219, 319

  Paparua Prison 205, 208, 221, 243, 246, 315–16

  sensitivity due to the Parker–Hulme story 130

  social mores 150

  St Margaret’s College 148, 151, 155, 281–2 Victoria Park 197, 200, 213

  Christchurch Girls’ High School 130, 151, 153, 178, 181, 206, 282

  Christie, Agatha 31, 48, 89

  Christmas 62, 82, 98, 107, 188, 277

  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (see also Mormon Church) 18, 21, 37, 79

  churches 18, 21, 28–9, 36–7, 40, 47, 61, 80, 89, 153, 216, 227, 229, 242, 269, 295

  classmates, memories of 154–5, 173, 180, 182

  Colbert, Nancy 41, 44–7, 51, 283, 289

  Collins Publishing Co. 24 Crimes Amendment Act 1941 245

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  Darnton, John 137, 145–7, 156

  Darsham 16–17, 19–21, 23, 36–7, 52, 61, 63, 66

  Davis, Meg 66, 68, 75, 88, 93, 99, 118, 120, 124, 131, 134, 156, 159, 190, 193, 226, 239, 264–5, 270, 272–3, 290, 298, 308, 324–5

  expedition to Ypres with Anne Perry 264–5

  introduction to Anne Perry 62–3

  London book trade specialist 124

  monitors media interviews for Anne Perry 156–7

  offers Cardington Crescent to St Martin’s Press 68–9

  death penalty (see also hangings) 244–5, 286, 305

  Deaver, Jeffery 259–60, 294

  Dellon, Hope 31–2, 40–1, 45, 47, 51–3, 55, 62, 69, 76, 97, 162

  depression 24, 181, 248, 320

  Deseret (Mormon publisher) 194

  diaries 184–6, 202, 204, 215, 218, 247

  Hulme, Juliet

  records ‘the most conceited opinions’ 222–3

  not used as trial evidence against 207

  Parker, Pauline

  changes of attitude emerge during 1954 182

  describes diary as ‘a companion and a confessional’ 177–8

  records mood swings 181

  records plans ‘for moidering Mother’ 187–8

  writes first diary in 1953 177

  D’Inverno, Peggy 14, 325

  Dixon, Vivien 280, 283

  Down’s Syndrome 151, 219, 249

  Dumont Publishers 95

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  Elliott, Maggie 24, 54

  executions, see hangings

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  faith 14, 17, 23, 79, 172, 227, 229, 242, 263, 269, 300, 306

  feminism 31, 90, 105, 170, 191

  Ferguson, Lin 11–12, 1
30–1, 168

  films and documentaries 15, 71, 84, 112–13, 129–30, 143–5, 147, 158, 164, 189–90, 239, 253, 286, 296, 302–6

  Foggitt, Eben 189

  Fountain, Lora 239, 241

  Fox Cottages 19, 88

  France 119, 236, 239–41, 267, 302

  Freer, Janet 24–5, 27, 30–1, 34, 36, 40–1, 45–7, 61

  French readers 241

  French Revolution novels 23, 47, 53, 119, 141, 239

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  Giles, Phillippa 189

  Gillies, Det. Gordon 200, 203

  God 18, 21, 23, 38–9, 68–9, 93, 135, 171, 193, 225–8, 270

  Gorman, Mary Alice 157

  Gresson, Terence Arbuthnot 207, 208, 211, 214, 217, 222–3, 243, 253

  Griffiths, Audrey 200

  Gristwood, Sarah 131–3

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  hangings 286–7

  HarperCollins 120, 124, 135–6, 163, 312–13

  Haslam, Dr Alec 207, 211, 214, 243

  Hawes, Keeley 190

  Haywood, Supt. Horace 255, 287, 316

  Headline Publishing Co. 120, 272–3, 297, 300, 303, 308

  Heasman, Frances 71

  Heath, Hilary 101–2, 113

  Heavenly Creatures 128–9, 153, 138, 143–5, 156, 190, 298

  Academy Award nominations 158

  casting 158

  special effects by Weta Workshop 158

  Toronto International Film Festival (1995) 158

  Heurtebise, Emmanuelle 119, 239–41, 310

  Hinds, Diane 297, 312

  Hinton, Helen 155

  Hollywood 15, 19, 112, 147, 183–4, 209, 306, 323

  Holmes, Helen 150

  homophobia 58

  homosexuality 56, 58, 90, 192, 210, 217, 221–2, 248

  Hope, Sgt. Robert 199

  Hovey, Kim 15, 112, 118, 134, 137–8, 140, 147, 156–7, 272, 274

  Hulme, Dr Henry 19, 50, 64, 82–3, 99, 149–50, 154, 165–6, 174, 179, 184–5, 196, 199–201, 216, 219, 236, 249, 254, 270, 280, 282–3, 316

  Cambridge University 50, 206–7, 305

  debriefs (Nazi) Admiral Dönitz 83

  Director of Naval Operational Research 83

  Rector of Canterbury University College 121

  Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry 85

  University of Leipzig 50

  University of Liverpool 50

  Hulme, Hilda (see also Perry, Marion) 83–5, 120, 174, 179, 181, 201–4, 208, 214–15, 217, 220, 224, 249, 254

  abandons Juliet and leaves New Zealand 254

  admired for her social charm and generosity 150

  agrees to nurse Juliet after discharge from sanatorium 180

  becomes tired and ill after the birth of her second child 84

  born Hilda Marion Reavley 50

  changes her name by deed-poll to Marion Perry 253, 283

  commits adultery 184

  conducts arrangements for Juliet’s defence 207

  divorces Henry Hulme 216

  grants Henry custody of Jonathan 283

  lives in a ménage à trois 204

  personal life disclosed in trial 216

  relationship with Bill Perry 184

  shelters with Juliet in air-raid shelters during bombing 82

  society’s post-trial attitude to 150

  subpoenaed by the Crown 206

  tells husband about her affair with Bill Perry 184

  testimony at trial 200

  vilified in the media 252

  Hulme, Dr Jonathan (Jonty) (Juliet’s brother) 84, 206, 236, 264–5, 270, 272, 276, 283, 290–2, 295–6, 305, 310, 313, 325

  childhood relationship with sister Juliet 85

  impact of news of Anne’s ‘discovery’ on his wife and young children 13

  Medbury School 151

  researches material for Anne’s books 238, 264

  returns to the United Kingdom in 2000 234

  settles in Scotland near Anne and Marion 234

  studies medicine at St John’s College, Oxford 235

  works in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe 235

  Hulme, Juliet (see also Stewart, Anne and Perry, Anne) 11, 129–30, 135, 173, 190, 314, 321

  bouts of depression 24, 181, 248, 320

  Cashmere Sanatorium 179–80, 219, 319

  changes name on leaving prison 318

  Christchurch Girls’ High School 151, 153, 178, 181, 206, 282

  convalesces in the Bahamas with the Browne family 85, 120–1

  legal arrangements for trial 207

  Mt Eden Prison 74–5, 104, 208, 221, 223, 246–7, 254–7, 277, 279–80, 284–8, 314, 316–17

  murders Honorah Rieper 198, 203

  perceived attitude 154

  release from prison 317–18

  removed from parents’ care 85

  St Margaret’s College 148, 151, 155, 281–2

  tuberculosis 132, 167, 179, 256, 282

  Hulme, Margery (Henry Hulme’s second wife) 82, 283

  Hunter, James 223

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  Ilam homestead 110, 149, 151, 175, 178, 183–5, 187, 199, 201–3, 205–7, 218, 220, 313

  Ilam School 149

  incest 48, 90, 106, 116

  insanity, issues concerning 135, 207–8, 211, 219–21, 223

  interviews 13, 131–3, 136–7, 143–4, 147, 156, 160, 163–4, 166–7, 201–2, 220, 222, 272–3, 288, 297–8, 313, 324, 326

  Invergordon 14

  Italy 95, 282, 301–2, 318

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  Jackson, Peter (see also Heavenly Creatures) 128–30, 143–5, 158, 190

  journalists 11, 13, 15, 133–4, 138, 145, 212, 240–1, 253, 272

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  Kirwin, Lynne 13, 131–2, 135–7

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  La Plante, Lynda 101–2, 113, 118, 126, 159, 162

  Leslie, Darron 163

  Leventer, Lisa 69

  Linkiewicz, Dana 302, 312

  Los Angeles 17–19, 112, 118, 147, 159, 306, 323

  Lowestoft 16, 21–2, 37, 66

  * * *

  Maass, Don 15, 94–5, 97, 117, 126, 134, 138, 145, 167, 232–3, 263, 267, 273, 275, 295, 313

  MacDonald, Meg 29–30, 37–9, 61, 66, 80–2, 86–8, 92–3, 98, 123, 238, 264–5, 272, 313

  enjoys Anne’s company 29

  humane reaction to Anne’s disclosure 39

  MacDonald, Simon 122

  Magistrates’ Court 205, 208, 214

  Mahon, Peter 212, 221

  Maidment, Kenneth and Felicity 255–6, 280

  Malice Domestic Convention 119

  Marsh, Ngaio 31, 48, 150, 190, 313

  Mason, Hon. Rex (Minister of Justice) 317

  MBA Literary Agents 24–5, 45–7, 52, 54–5, 62, 66, 77, 113, 131, 133–4, 137, 314, 326

  Freer, Janet 24–5, 27, 30–1, 34, 36, 40–1, 45–7, 61

  Park, Christine 47, 52–5, 61–2, 71

  parts company with St Martin’s Press 46, 51–2

  Taylor, Diana 55, 62–3, 65

  McArthur, Louise 152

  McClelland, Brian 207, 212, 219, 221, 253

  McCormack, Tom 27, 30, 41

  McCrum, Robert 18, 141, 143, 166–8, 289

  McIlroy, Eric 199

  McKenzie, Don (psychologist) 287–8, 316

  McKenzie, Insp. Duncan 200

  Medbury School (Christchurch) 151

  Medlicott, Dr Reginald Warren 208–11, 217–21, 247, 283, 322

  Mellor, Vicki 300–301, 303, 308–9, 313

  memories of classmates 154–5, 173, 180, 182

  Merrow, Jane 190, 296, 305

  Milne, Miss (teacher) 153–4

  Miramax Co. 145, 147, 156–7

  Molyneaux, Const. Donald 199

  Mondadori Publishers 76, 95

  Monk novels 76, 78, 86, 88–92, 96, 100, 103–5, 107–8, 111, 116–17, 139–43, 165–6, 170–1, 191–3, 229–30, 232–4, 241, 258, 260–3, 273, 291–4, 296, 303–5, 310–12

  Moraga (Oakland) 17

  Mormon Church 18, 23, 43, 58, 7
5, 226

  in America 17–18, 21, 40

  in East Anglia 21

  in Scotland 14, 22, 29, 39, 68, 98, 107, 326

  Mormons 18, 21, 44, 62, 226–7

  Morpeth, Jane 273, 297

  Mt Eden Prison 74–5, 104, 208, 221, 223, 246–7, 254–7, 277, 279–80, 284–5, 288, 314, 316–17

  ‘brutal Victorian fortress’ 255

  hangings 286–7

  Muirson, Diane 155

  murderers 23, 26, 38, 48, 67, 72, 78, 88–91, 103, 128, 230, 239, 242, 267, 292, 299, 307

  * * *

  Nathan, Hilary (see also Parker, Pauline) 171–2

  found living in Hoo (near Rochester) 171

  Nazis 83, 130, 210

  NBC (morning news programme) 137

  Needham, Ruth 12, 133

  Nevler, Leona 15, 76, 88–90, 93, 95–6, 100, 102, 107–9, 112, 114, 118, 125, 128, 134, 140, 160, 164, 193–4, 228, 263, 273

  New Zealand 11, 14, 49, 87, 99, 106, 120, 128, 130, 132, 134, 136, 151–2, 158, 163–4, 171, 206–8, 212, 244–5, 252–4, 268, 281–2, 313–14, 321–2

  New Zealand National Radio 137, 163

 

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