In July 2023, in a quiet Australian country town, Erin Patterson - stay-at-home mother and true crime enthusiast - invited her husband's devoutly Christian family to lunch. Within days, three of her guests died and the fourth was in a coma. They had all been poisoned by death cap mushrooms.

Two years later, Patterson stood trial, accused of three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. The court case captured the nation's attention and fascinated people worldwide. Among those drawn into the drama were three renowned Australian writers: Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper, and Sarah Krasnostein.

Together, they attended the daily media coverage at the Latrobe Valley Law Courts and spent long days immersed in the case's sinister and complex themes: love, hatred, jealousy, revenge, marriage, money, mycology, and murder.

The Mushroom Tapes is a true crime book like no other - a uniquely enlightening exploration of Erin Patterson and our collective obsession with her strange and terrible crime.

Pages: 256, Dimensions: 13.8x13.8cm