"The whole place seems cold, and he feels a terrible sense of dread.
He calls out, but gets no reply. Taking a knife from the cutlery drawer,
he unlocks the back door as an escape route. Then he sees her on the
floor. Her eyes and mouth are open, and there is blood everywhere. He's
too late."
After a strange phone call with his ex-wife, John James had sensed
something was wrong and raced over to her house. As he stood in her
bedroom doorway, transfixed by the sight of her body, the killer was
almost certainly just a breath away, hiding behind the door. Had John
walked in, he could have been the next victim. Instead, he left to call
the police. The culprit escaped, taking with him the secret of a
shocking murder that has shown no sign of being solved for nearly 40
years―until now.
Based on the international #1 podcast, Trace re-examines the 1980
murder of Maria James―the single mother of two sons, one with a
disability―revealing abuse in the Catholic Church, cult activities, and
claims of incompetence and corruption at the highest levels.
Investigating possible conspiracies and uncovering fresh evidence,
Rachael Brown's riveting investigation has won multiple media awards and
may lead to the reopening of this chilling case.
