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To wrap and roast a beef wellington

Three literary responses to the Mushroom Murder trial
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January–February 2026, no. 483

The Mushroom Murders by Greg Haddrick

Allen & Unwin, $34.99 pb, 320 pp

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Recipe for Murder by Duncan McNab

Hachette, $34.99 pb, 363 pp

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The Mushroom Tapes: Conversations on a triple murder trial by Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper, and Sarah Krasnostein

Text Publishing, $36.99 pb, 256 pp

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To wrap and roast a beef wellington

Three literary responses to the Mushroom Murder trial
by
January–February 2026, no. 483

I learnt about the Erin Patterson verdict from Allen & Unwin. They broke the news with a PR blast for Greg Haddrick’s The Mushroom Murders: ‘A family lunch. Three deaths. What really happened?’ (a tagline designed to fit any outcome). I checked the timestamps. The jury had been discharged from the Morwell courthouse at 2:28 pm; the marketing email landed in my inbox at 3:28 pm. It takes longer to wrap and roast a beef wellington.

The Mushroom Murders

The Mushroom Murders

by Greg Haddrick

Allen & Unwin, $34.99 pb, 320 pp

Buy this book
Recipe for Murder

Recipe for Murder

by Duncan McNab

Hachette, $34.99 pb, 363 pp

Buy this book
The Mushroom Tapes: Conversations on a triple murder trial

The Mushroom Tapes: Conversations on a triple murder trial

by Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper, and Sarah Krasnostein

Text Publishing, $36.99 pb, 256 pp

Buy this book

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.

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Comment (1)

  • Thank you so much for this brilliant review, which articulated my unstructured reflections, and had me splitting my sides. Ambulance chasing indeed.
    Posted by Teresa Savage
    11 January 2026

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