Betrayed

The Incredible Untold Inside Story of the Two Most Unlikely Drug-Running Grannies in Australian History

De: Sandi Logan

Narrado por: Sandi Logan

WINNER OF THE NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST TRUE CRIME 2023
WINNER OF THE UK TRUE CRIME AWARD FOR BEST INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING 2024

A relentlessly fascinating and often jaw-dropping true story of two American women who unwittingly became Australia's 'Drug Grannies'

In 1977, Vera 'Toddie' Hays and Florice 'Beezie' Bessire thought they were about to embark on the trip of a lifetime when Vera's nephew, Vern Todd, offered them a campervan to drive from Germany to India. Little did the women know that Vern and his accomplices would secretly pack two tonnes of hashish into the vehicle along the way.

This shocking inside story chronicles Toddie and Beezie's wild ride across continents and oceans to our shores, their arrest by Australian Federal Bureau of Narcotics agents, and all that the women faced in the aftermath.

On the ground at the time, journalist Sandi Logan draws from his interviews with those attached to the events, and accounts in the women's diaries, to tell the incredible tale of an unlikely pair who became infamous and their fight for justice.©2022 Sandi Logan (P)2022 Hachette Australia Pty Ltd

Fascinating story!

I only knew a few details of this story when I started listening to this book, figuring it would be similar to a TV show I've watched about people arrested abroad for drug smuggling. Within the first few chapters, I was completely absorbed with following the women's story. I love how the author weaved multiple perspectives throughout the book - of the women as they traveled, and then the Australian narcotics officers tasked with investigating the women. I couldn't help but empathize with the women and the situation in which they found themselves. This would make a great movie!