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The Search for Anne Perry

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by Joanne Drayton

Newcastle-upon-Tyne 320, 322

  North American readers 44, 70, 75, 90, 232, 272

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  Ormskirk (near Southport) 50

  Oxford 75, 235

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  Paparua Prison (Christchurch) 205, 208, 221, 243, 246, 315–16

  paranoia 210, 217, 221–2, 322

  Paris 118–19, 239, 242

  Park, Christine 47, 52–5, 61–2, 71

  Parker, Amy (Pauline’s grandmother) 152, 208

  Parker, Honorah, see Rieper, Honorah

  Parker, Pauline 11, 129, 132, 145, 151–2, 155, 158, 167–8, 171, 173–4, 177, 181–2, 187, 196–205, 207–8, 210, 213, 215–16, 218–19, 243–6, 249–51, 313, 316, 321–2

  buys a pacer, ‘Omar Khayyám’ 175

  changes name to Hilary Nathan 171

  converts to Catholicism 315

  diaries 181, 184, 186, 188, 209, 215, 217–21, 223, 247, 251

  holidays at Port Levy 178–9

  infatuated with Juliet 175

  nocturnal activities 184, 219

  prison life 314

  rejects both her parents 185

  retreats into bouts of depression 24, 181, 248, 320

  sees Juliet as a door to another world 175

  visits Juliet in the sanatorium 180

  visits shipping companies enquiring about fares to New York 183

  Parker, Robert William (Honorah Parker’s father) 152

  Parker, Wendy 152, 172, 197, 208, 313

  Parker–Hulme story 11, 130, 136, 272, 321–2

  compared with the Leopold and Loeb case 210

  publication in 1991 of A Lesbian View 130

  release of movie Heavenly Creatures 128–9

  suggestions of homosexual behaviour 56, 58, 90, 192, 210, 217, 221–2, 248

  Supreme Court Trial 208, 212, 223, 243

  teenage component in the 250

  Television New Zealand proposal for documentary 296

  Perry, Anne 11–12, 17, 20–1, 26, 39, 41, 45–6, 70–1, 80, 113, 126–7, 134–6, 146, 157, 164, 167, 228, 294–5, 298, 308, 312–14, 323, 326–7

  author’s tours 43–5, 64, 96–7, 112, 118, 128, 134, 138, 144, 147, 157, 159, 179, 240, 272, 298

  California 305

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

  contracts 27, 54, 64–5, 93, 96, 102, 117, 120, 313

  crime books 46, 48–9, 52, 62, 70–1, 102, 113, 119, 126, 140, 239, 241, 272, 275, 302

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

  First World War series 239, 263, 265, 267, 269–71, 273, 282, 296, 298, 300–301, 304

  foreign-language market 40, 119, 275

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

  German Jewish refugees 83, 114

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

  influence of other crime writers 258–9

  literary agents 55, 71, 156, 238

  love of poetry 202–3, 257, 278, 280–1, 283, 326

  Malice Domestic Convention 119

  meets her father (Henry) in secret 82

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

  mix-ups with agents 51–2

  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

  Mormon attitudes to marriage 68

  negotiations with the BBC 118, 126, 159, 162–3, 190

  Newcastle-upon-Tyne 320, 322

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

  Portmahomack 12–14, 92–3, 96, 98–9, 107, 110–11, 124, 131, 133, 138, 140, 142, 147, 167–8, 236–7, 241, 264, 270, 298, 302, 312, 325–6

  publications

  Acceptable Loss 312

  Angels in the Gloom 269, 271

  Ashworth Hall 168–9

  At Some Disputed Barricade 298

  Bedford Square 229

  Belgrave Square 109–12

  Bethlehem Road 78, 80, 101, 120

  Betrayal at Lisson Grove 312

  Bluegate Fields 52–6, 58–9, 71

  Brunswick Gardens 191

  Buckingham Palace Gardens 306–8

  Cain His Brother 142

  Callander Square 31–2, 39, 59

  Cardington Crescent 66–9, 71–2

  The Cater Street Hangman 25, 27, 30–2, 39–40, 43, 53, 163, 190–1

  A Christmas Grace 303

  A Christmas Guest 296

  A Christmas Journey 277, 303

  A Christmas Promise 304

  Come, Come Ye Saints 40

  Come Armageddon 193, 195, 227–8

  A Dangerous Mourning 103, 107–8

  Dark Assassin 293–4

  Death in the Devil’s Acre 55, 58–60, 71

  Death of a Stranger 260

  A Dish Taken Cold 239

  Execution Dock 310

  The Face of a Stranger 76, 78, 88, 90, 92, 100–101, 111–12, 119–20, 296, 304

  Farriers’ Lane 113–14, 116, 120, 126

  A Funeral in Blue 260, 263

  Half Moon Street 230, 232, 260

  Highgate Rise 94, 96, 109

  The Hyde Park Headsman 126–8, 138

  Long Spoon Lane 290 ‘Lower Than the Angels’ 53 ‘Most Violent Ways’ 53 ‘My Eagle Comes’ 77

  The One Thing More 242, 260

  Paragon Walk 34–6, 39, 41, 43–4, 46, 49, 67

  Pentecost Alley 160

  Resurrection Row 41–2, 45, 49, 67

  Rutland Place 47–9, 51–2

  Sadokhar 69, 193, 195–6, 225–6

  Seven Dials 42, 170, 275

  The Shifting Tide 291–2

  Shoulder the Sky 267, 271

  Silence in Hanover Close 72–3, 75, 77

  The Silent Cry 170

  The Sins of the Wolf 138, 140

  Slaves of Obsession 232

  Southampton Row 273–4

  A Sudden Fearful Death 116–17

  Tathea 193–5, 225–9

  ‘Thou with Clean Hands’ 69, 77, 113, 119

  Traitor’s Gate 119, 134, 138, 156, 159

  Twisted Root 229

  We Shall Not Sleep 300–301

  Weighed in the Balance 165

  The Whitechapel Conspiracy 258–9, 274, 306

  Whited Sepulchres / A Breach of Promise (USA title) 191–2

  Queenswood School, Hawke’s Bay 148

  re-structures the plots of the non-detective novels 65–6

  reacts explosively during Bible studies 37–8

  receives her first contract 27

  receives regular rejection slips 23

  relationship with father 82–3, 99, 174, 282

  restores the stone barn 122–4

  sells reprint rights for Rutland Place to Fawcett 51

  sells the Italian rights for The Cater Street Hangman 40

  sends a profile for publicity purposes 35

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

  short story collections 239, 263

  Suffolk 16–17, 22, 63, 80–2, 87, 99, 107, 171

  visits Guernsey 75

  World War II memories 82–4

  Perry, Marion (see also Hulme, Hilda) 19, 49–50, 54–5, 234, 236–9, 252, 284, 290–1, 320, 325

  Anne warns of forthcoming publicity 14

  delighted at son Jonathan’s return to the UK 234

  moves to Portmahomack and buys a cottage 98

  reads Anne’s scripts 49

  takes up her old role of copyeditor 30

  Perry, Walter Andrew Bowman (Bill) 19, 24, 50, 55, 183–4, 196, 200–201, 204, 206, 215–16, 224, 236, 249, 254, 284, 320

  begins a relationship with Hilda 184

  close to death 54–5

  conducts arrangements for Juliet’s defence from Port Levy 207

  departs from New Zealand two we
eks after the trial 252–4

  diaries (in trial) expose the affair with Hilda

  Hulme 215

  interviews with the police 201, 203

  introduced to Hilda Hulme 184

  the last officer to leave Dunkirk Beach 54

  marries Marion Hulme 320

  provides background evidence on the girls 214

  recommendations to Anne on her writing 23, 30

  relationship begins with Hilda 183

  subject to blackmail by Juliet and

  Pauline 184

  subpoenaed by the Crown prosecutor 206

  tenant at the Hulme homestead in Ilam 183

  visits Juliet and Pauline after the murder 200

  Port Levy (Banks Peninsula) 178–9, 206–7, 218

  Porter, Susanna 308, 313

  Portmahomack 12–14, 92–3, 96, 98–9, 107, 110–11, 124, 131, 133, 138, 140, 142, 147, 167–8, 236–7, 241, 264, 270, 298, 302, 312, 325–6

  Powell, Grace 256, 288–9, 316

  Prince Edward 141, 162–3, 189

  prisoners 243, 255–6, 285–9

  publishing agents 11, 36, 41, 51–2, 63, 75, 88, 95, 97, 112, 159, 239, 263–4, 270, 275–6, 303, 308

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  Queenswood School, Hawke’s Bay 148

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  Ramage, William (police photographer) 200, 214

  rape 35, 37, 90, 105, 116, 170

  readers 48, 79, 94, 100, 138, 228–9, 300, 310, 322

  British 70, 322

  French 241

  North American 44, 70, 75, 90, 232, 272

  Reavley, Hilda Marion (later Hulme, Hilda and later Perry, Marion) 50

  Relief Society 37

  Rieper, Herbert 151–3, 175, 178–9, 181–2, 185, 187–8, 196, 198, 200, 202–4, 208, 214, 219, 243

  accused of having ‘defective stock’ 219

  de facto status of marriage to Honorah revealed during trial 204

  Dennis Brothers’ Fish Shop 153

  discovers money ‘stolen’ from his fish shop 184

  discovers Pauline’s diaries 202

  Down’s Syndrome daughter in care 249

  identifies Honorah’s body 203

  introduces Pauline to craft-modelling in wood and plasticine 152

  learns wife has been involved in an ‘accident’ 199

  Rieper, Honorah 151–3, 179–82, 188, 196–205, 213–14, 249, 251, 313

  Birmingham origins 204

  buried Bromley cemetery, Christchurch 205

  elopes with Herbert Rieper 152

  murdered by Juliet and Pauline 198, 203

  opposes the friendship between Juliet and Pauline 185

  postmortem findings 214

  rigidity of attitude 249

  tries different techniques for handling Pauline’s behaviour 182

  Ritchie, Agnes 197–9, 201, 214

  Ritchie, Kenneth 198–9, 214

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  Salt Lake City 44, 112

  Savill, James 223

  Sayers, Nick 120, 124, 135

  Scotland 80–2, 86–7, 92, 99, 114, 139–40, 156, 167, 229, 234, 236, 264, 302, 326

  Scottish Highlands 22, 81–2, 88

  Sealey, John 304

  Second World War 81–2, 212, 219

  sexualities, women’s 116

  Shelton, Gilbert 239

  Sherman, Ken 15, 112–13, 118, 126, 137, 141, 147, 159, 296, 304–6, 312

  Smith, Joseph (prophet) 21, 37, 226–7

  South Africa 185, 197, 203, 214

  Spain 302–3

  Spencer, Caroline 173

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

  St Martin’s Press 27–8, 30–2, 41, 44–6, 51–5, 65, 69–72, 76, 86, 94, 96–7, 102, 162–3, 302

  Stallworthy, Kenneth 221–3, 288

  Stewart, Anne (name selected on leaving Mt Eden Prison and later changed to Perry, Anne by deed-poll) 318, 320

  Stewart, Jean (headmistress) 153

  Suffolk 16–17, 22, 63, 80–2, 87, 99, 107, 171

  suffrage movement 35, 67, 78, 120

  Sugarman, Robert 126

  Supreme Court trial 208, 212, 223, 243

  Sutherland, Nancy 234, 278, 280–3, 288

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  Talese, Nan 40

  Tarbat Ness Lighthouse 92, 238, 325

  Tarbat Ness Peninsula 98, 124

  Tate, Det. Archie 200–201, 203, 205, 207, 322

  Taylor, Diana 55, 62–3, 65

  Taylor, Imogen 120, 124, 135–6

  Toronto 44, 47, 49, 52, 112, 118

  tuberculosis 132, 167, 179, 256, 282

  Tyler, Diana 12, 24, 47, 54, 62, 71, 112

  Tyndall, Margaret 155, 183, 205

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  Victoria Park 197, 200, 213

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  Walsh, Fran 129, 144

  Watford 19, 49

  Webb, Hon Clifton (Minister of Justice) 245–6

  Webb, Marjorie 155, 174

  women’s sexualities 116

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  Yentob, Alan (BBC) 159, 162

  Yorkshire Television 102, 113, 190

  Young, Stephanie (headmistress) 148, 281–2

  Ypres 264–8, 301

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  Zimbabwe 236, 264

  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  ‘… you played a large part in putting “an entirely different perspective on the events, more sensitive to the human frailties of those involved & more respectful of them & their personal integrity” …’

  letter from Marion Perry to Nancy Sutherland, quoting Brian Easton’s comments, c April 1995

  I have had the great privilege of meeting and working on this project with a number of special people in Anne’s life. I would like to thank them for their insights and unstinting support: Meg Davis, Meg MacDonald, Jonathan Hulme, Don Maass, Kim Hovey, Susanna Porter, Ken Sherman, Diana Tyler, Emmanuelle Heurtebise, Lora Fountain, Diane Hinds, Doris Platt, Mike Ducker, Tim Webb, Dagmar Wolfinden, Elizabeth Sweeney, Jane Pimblett and the people of Portmahomack who shared their experiences of Anne, especially David Wilson, Sandy and Liz Morris at the Castle Hotel, Peggy and Abbie (for the walk), and the congregation of the Mormon Church in Invergordon for their hospitality and warmth.

  My understanding has been substantially deepened by the poignant recollections of women who knew both Juliet and Pauline as schoolmates — Margaret Luisetti, Brenda Blake, Jan Spang, Marjorie Smart, Margaret Dacre, Caroline Maze, Patricia Drayton and Sonja Mornin — and by talking to Beth Webster (Dr FO Bennett’s secretary), Gerald Lascelles and Emeritus Professor Russell Stone.

  I am especially indebted to the counselling staff of Westlake Girls High, especially Alison Horspool, who talked with me at length about teenage girls, and to then principal Alison Gernhoefer, who was especially supportive, and to Kate Luisetti, Sue McBride, Megan Davidson, Murray Douglas and Nicola Scott.

  My research has been assisted and informed by Philippa Drayton, Mark Hangartner, Dr Peter Lineham, Dr Bruce Harding, Jane Barrington, Tonia Geddes, Laura Reeve, Patti Gurekian, Rebecca Perkins and Sarah Lightman, and by fascinating people met along the way, especially Patricia and Terence Young and Brad and Katherine Side. I would like to thank Oliver Sutherland and his family for granting access to Nancy Sutherland’s Parker–Hulme papers in the Macmillan Brown Library at the University of Canterbury. I am grateful to the staff of the following institutions for their co-operation and assistance in accessing archives, images and information: Alexander Turnbull Library; Archives New Zealand; Auckland Libraries (Special Collections); Christchurch City Libraries (Special Collections); Christchurch Press; Macmillan Brown Library (University of Canterbury, Christchurch); the MBA author file archive (London); and New Zealand Herald.

  My grateful thanks go to UNITEC, which has been remarkably helpful and encouraging of this project. I would like to thank members of the administration, the library and academic and allied staff who have kindly supported me in my writing of this book. I am grateful especially to Leon Fourie, David Hawkin
s, Marcus Williams, Tanya Eccleston, Gina Ferguson, Susan Eddy, Alastair Campbell, and to Mary-Louise Browne and Mitch Harris for their suggestions and support.

 

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