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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The discovery of the body of Beth Barnard in her Phillip Island farmhouse in 1986, began a homicide investigation that rocked a peaceful community. It also created an enduring mystery, for no one was ever brought to trial for her brutal death, and the main suspect disappeared - never to be seen again.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>The discovery of the body of Beth Barnard in her Phillip Island farmhouse in 1986, began a homicide investigation that rocked a peaceful community.</p><p>It also created an enduring mystery, for no one was ever brought to trial for her brutal death, and the main suspect disappeared - never to be seen again.</p><p>Beth Barnard, a popular and attractive 23-year-old, had been having an affair with a local married man.</p><p>On the night of her brutal murder, a car belonging to Vivienne Cameron - wife of Beth's lover - was found abandoned near the bridge that connects the famous tourist island to the mainland.</p><p>No trace of Vivienne was ever found, and her disappearance has never been adequately explained.</p><p>Nevertheless, a Coroner's Court found that Vivienne had killed her rival then jumped to her death into the waters of Westernport Bay. The case was closed but not forgotten.</p><p>Ever since their first edition of The Phillip Island Murder, in 1993, Vikki Petraitis and Paul Daley have been regularly contacted by people wanting to know more; people who, like the authors, let the case get under their skin.</p><p>More than three decades later the mystery, rumours and arm-chair solutions continue.</p>

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