Saturday, January 4, 2025

17 Years Later: what really killed the Primrose family?

Australian true-crime podcaster, Sloan Abbott, decides to base her next series of podcasts on a cold-case - the murder of members of the Primrose family in New Zealand. Seventeen years previously Bill Kareamer was charged with the multiple murders and had been in prison ever since. He always protested his innocence and Sloan is not sure whether he actually is guilty of the crimes or not. However, she is sure that he was not given a fair trial and she plans to prove this in the podcast series.

Working with TK Phillips who was Bill's psychologist Sloan and her team begin to realise that Bill was not the only suspect for the crime. Many of the other suspects were not interviewed. TK is initially reluctant to become re-involved with the new investigation but he gradually realises that many questions about the case were never answered. Tracking down people who knew the Primrose family is not an easy task seventeen years later and many people who they do locate are not willing to be recorded, though most provide background information. 

17 Years Later by J P Pomare provides accounts of the search for information by Sloan and her team and TK as well as including copies of relevant documents discovered in the search. The reader learns of life in the Primrose household seventeen years earlier as well as the discoveries in the current investigation. 17 Years Later is another excellent crime novel that encourages the reader to keep reading until the end. Another good read for the holidays.

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