A NEW psychological thriller is set to be launched at the Mount Gambier Library in early June.
Author Katherine Kovacic will be visiting the Mount Gambier Library to showcase her new book, Seven Sisters.
Ms Kovacic said the story revolves around a group of women who meet at a therapy session for trauma counselling, with all having lost a sister to domestic violence.
“In each of these cases, the perpetrator wasn’t held to account; they had either gotten away with murder or with a sentence so light it was insulting. Those women are not only grieving but also very angry,” she said.
“Together, they come up with a plan to redress the balance by taking out the original perpetrators, exchanging the hits so that the woman who is connected to the crime has an alibi and the woman who carries out the hit has absolutely nothing to do with anything.”
Ms Kovacic said she wanted to highlight violence against women through the story.
“Domestic violence isn’t something that we talk about and the law is not working enough for women,” she said.
“We see time and time again in the media where women are scared for their life, they are being threatened, they are suffering domestic violence, and only after murder does the perpetrator go to jail. It’s murder in slow motion.
“Domestic violence is a hidden epidemic in Australia where one woman a week is murdered by their current or former partner.”
Seven Sisters will be launched from 7pm on Tuesday, June 6.
To book a spot at the free event, contact Mount Gambier Library on 8721 2540 or visit the Library website.
