{"product_id":"9780733625862","title":"Silent Death: The Killing of Julie Ramage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJournalist Karen Kissane follows the accused into the courtroom, telling the inside story of one of Australia's most controversial trials and the marriage at its centre. A compelling combination of great writing, true crime and courtroom drama.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulie and Jamie Ramage were the perfect middle-class Australian couple with everything: children at private schools, he a company director and she a financial controller for a fashion house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Julie walked out of their seemingly perfect marriage. And then, one day, he killed her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeneath the veneer of perfection there had lain a relationship marred by affairs, obsession and a history of violence. Jamie confessed to the killing - but declared that he had been provoked and therefore not guilty of murder as his wife had driven him over the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJamie's defence of provocation was successful and he is now serving a prison sentence for the lesser crime of manslaughter. The woman he strangled the life from and buried in a shallow grave had no voice in court and no way of telling her story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSilent Death\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e tells Julie's story - but also takes us into the disturbing wider situation - how a killing took place in the comfort and security of a moneyed life; how friends and family either didn't see or think they should be involved. And it is the story of how a court case is about tactics and procedure first - and justice second.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46501870141681,"sku":"9780733625862","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780733625862_p0.jpg?v=1765532869","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780733625862","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}