Jane Cockram was born and educated in Australia, where she studied Journalism at RMIT. After completing postgraduate studies in Publishing and Communication at Melbourne University, she worked in the publishing industry, fulfilling a childhood dream of reading for a living.
Cockram's novels are
The House of Brides and the newly released
The Way from Here.
At CrimeReads she tagged
seven of her "favorite books featuring multigenerational explorations of family secrets and mysteries," including:
The Wych Elm, by Tana French [US title: The Witch Elm]
The Wych Elm of the title stands majestic in the garden of the Ivy House, a beloved family home and currently under the custodianship of Uncle Hugo. After a brutal attack, Toby Hennessy returns to the Ivy House to recover and to help care for his uncle, a genealogist. The discovery of a human skull hidden within the trunk of the wych elm is the starting point for this twisty, turny crime novel that speaks as much about history and secrets and the roles people play in families as it does about the shocking crime that it unravels.
Read about
another entry on the list.
The Witch Elm is among
Scarlett Harris's eight books about male protagonists by female authors and
Ani Katz's top ten books about toxic masculinity.
--Marshal Zeringue
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