Author Talk: Vikki Petraitis - Hastings Library

Next date: Tuesday, 29 September 2026 | 02:00 PM to 03:00 PM

Join bestselling true crime author and podcaster Vikki Petraitis as she discusses her latest crime novel, The Reckoning.

When two convicted rapists walk free on appeal, the town of Deception Bay splits down the middle. The men swagger onto a packed cricket ground on Australia Day to a hero’s welcome. Before lunch is over, dozens of people fall ill. Among them, the newly released men. As suspicion and division spread through the town, Detective Antigone Pollard must uncover the truth while searching for her missing mother.

The Reckoning is an unflinching, morally uncompromising crime novel about thwarted justice, institutional failure, exacted revenge and the price paid when the system looks away.

Known for her acclaimed true crime books The Frankston Murders and The Phillip Island Murder, Vikki has spent more than thirty years investigating crime and telling the stories behind some of Australia's most compelling cases. Her award-winning debut novel, The Unbelieved, won the inaugural Allen & Unwin Crime Prize and is currently being adapted for television.

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