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Truth Uncovered – Louise Milligan on her second novel Shellybanks
Investigative journalist LOUISE MILLIGAN has spent years uncovering stories that demand justice. Her second novel, Shellybanks is a gripping crime thriller set in her home country of Scotland.
ROWENA MORCOM writes.
It was a moment when working as a young cadet journalist for The Australian as their High Court reporter that Louise Milligan found her passion for investigative journalism.
‘I was assigned to the Peter Reith Telecard affair, which ...
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