ABOUT THE BOOK
Kerryann Gannon is just 16-years-old when she meets thrice-married Malcolm George Baker.
Uneducated, troubled and 21-years her senior, his charm and smiles cover the dark shadow inflicted by a cruel and sadistic father. Kerryann falls for the façade and in a short space of time he dominates and controls her life.
Alarm bells start ringing for her friends and family as the controlling behaviour quickly escalates into a pattern of psychological and physical violence.
Sensing the danger she is in, and desperately seeking to distance herself, Kerryann leaves and becomes involved with another man.
Baker descends into a jealous rage and comes to a crossroads. The choice between a painful and humbling acceptance of this new reality or indulging an unjustified, insatiable fury that wreaks havoc on a community and leaves a trail of wide ranging destruction.
Bloody Odyssey is a gripping and compelling journey into the boreholes of obsession, violence and mass murder, and exposes a simple and bloody truth: perpetrators of domestic violence are a constant malevolent fog lurking in our civil society.
ABOUT THE author
Although born in Dubbo, Edward (Ted) Bassingthwaighte spent his adolescence and most of his working life on the New South Wales mid coast. For 21 years Ted served in the NSW Police Force between Sydney, Newcastle and the Central Coast.
Ted retired from his role in the NSW Police Force 2009 and relocated to Newcastle with his wife and daughter. He has remained an active and engaged member of his community and is a strong advocate for ending the domestic violence epidemic in Australia.
Bloody Odyssey is a story told through the lens of Ted when he was assigned to the case as a young detective. This is his first published work but Ted has had a keen interest in writing since he was a teenager.
