Wanda (Wanda Beach Murders) - By Alan J Whiticker

On an overcast, wind swept day in January 1965, two teenage girls were raped and murdered on an isolated beach in Sydney’s southern suburbs. The discovery of their bodies the following day sparked a public outcry, media frenzy and one of the largest police investigations in Australian history. To this date the deaths of Christine Sharrock and Marianne Schmidt - notoriously know as the Wanda Beach Murders - remain unsolved and the story behind the crime has never been told.
 
Why did they leave Marianne's younger siblings and wander off into the sandhills that day? Did they know their killer or were they set upon? Why was no physical evidence ever found at the scene? In this book Alan Whiticker re-creates the lead-up to and the aftermath of the murders and provides a fascinating insight into the history, lives and fate of Christine and Marianne.