Death in the Ladies Goddess Club

Julian Leatherdale

Mar 2020 · Bolinda · Narrated by Cecelia Ramsdale

About this audiobook

‘Crime’s not a woman’s business, Joanie. It’s not some bloody game.’ In the murky world of Kings Cross in 1932, aspiring crime writer Joan Linderman and her friend and flatmate Bernice Becker live the wild bohemian life, a carnival of parties and fancy-dress artists’ balls. One Saturday night, Joan is thrown headfirst into a real crime when she finds Ellie, her neighbour, murdered. To prove her worth as a crime writer and bring Ellie’s killer to justice, Joan secretly investigates the case in the footsteps of Sergeant Lillian Armfield. But as Joan digs deeper, her list of suspects grows from the luxury apartment blocks of Sydney’s rich to the brothels and nightclubs of the Cross’s underclass. Death in the Ladies’ Goddess Club is a riveting noir crime thriller with more surprises than even novelist Joan bargained for: blackmail, kidnapping, drug-peddling, a pagan sex cult, undercover cops and a shocking confession. From the shadows of bohemian and underworld Kings Cross, who will emerge to tell the real story?

About the author

Julian Leatherdale's first love was theatre. On graduation, he wrote lyrics for four satirical cabarets and a two-act musical. He discovered a passion for popular history as a staff writer, researcher and photo editor for Time-Life's Australians At War series. He later researched and co-wrote two Film Australia-ABC documentaries, Return to Sandakan and The Forgotten Force, and was an image researcher at the State Library of New South Wales. He was the public relations manager for a hotel school in the Blue Mountains, where he lives with his wife and two children. Palace of Tears is his first novel.

Cecelia Ramsdale is an experienced voice actor, spending many hours behind the microphone voicing hundreds of commercials, video scripts and audiobooks, as well as playing numerous characters in the children’s animated series Sumo Mouse, Flea Bitten and SheZow. She has narrated audiobooks for both children and adults, and for years has hosted The Wellness Collective – a podcast that arms women with information about how to live happier and healthier lives, alongside women's health expert, Nat Kringoudis. Cecelia is passionate about working with her voice, and trains others wanting to give their voice a try.