All Things Bright and Beautiful: Murder in the City of Light

Adelaide has developed an eerie reputation for bizarre and horrific murders - even Salman Rushdie has called it a place where things go bump in the night'.

Bestselling author Susan Mitchell was born and grew up in Adelaide, and in this fascinating and disturbing book she sets out to discover first-hand the truth behind the Snowtown murders and to ask how a city as cultured and civilised as Adelaide has spawned such terrible crimes.

She takes us inside the worlds of its ruling class, cultured middle class and hidden underclass.

Using a blend of storytelling, narrative and interviews in order to discover the truth, Mitchell has produced a gripping journey into the heart of a modern-day Utopia gone wrong.