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Imagine waking up a glamorous millionaire with a Dover Heights mansion and a closet full of Chanel, only to vanish into thin air the morning after federal agents raid your front door—leaving behind an empty corporate vault and a trail of shattered lives.

In this episode of The DownUnder Mystery Club, authors AJ Blythe and Ava Ness delve into the extraordinary real-life mystery of Melissa Caddick, the Sydney woman who spent years running a systematic multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme before completely disappearing without her keys, wallet, or phone.

We’ll be unpacking the crazy history of her high-end fraud, the bizarre public conspiracy theories that erupted when her running shoe and foot washed up hundreds of kilometres away, and wrapping up with our Mystery Book Club segment to chat about the fiction books that match this exact vibe of unreliable narrators and financial ruin!

Leave a comment and tell us your thoughts: was it a calculated corporate escape act or did the truth finally catch up with her? And don't forget to share your favourite mystery book.

Book Links:

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin

The Model Murder by Amanda Hampson

The Campers and Criminals series by Tonya Kappes

The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

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For the full reference list visit The DownUnder Mystery Club website at ajblythe.com/podcast