Mad Mabel
Age band: 18+
Looky Rating System: Violence 4/5, Love & Romance 0/5, Mental Health 2/5, Language 2/5, Substance Use 3/5, Fear / Horror 3/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 0/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 2/5, Sci-Fi / Futuristic 0/5, Disability & Neurodiversity 0/5.
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Soulmate and Darling Girls comes the story of Mad Mabel. They called it murder. She called it justice.In 1959, at just fifteen years of age, Mabel Waller became the youngest Australian in history to be convicted of murder.In 2025, on a quiet Melbourne lane, an elderly man is found dead by his neighbour, 81-year-old Elsie Fitzpatrick. No one suspects any foul play.Until they discover Elsie's past.In the 1950s, her name was not Elsie. It was Mabel.