Paperback: The Widow of Walcha (4 May 2022) is a shocking true story about death, love and lies in the small NSW town of Walcha.
All farmer Mathew Dunbar ever wanted was to find love and have a family of his own. That is why, just months after meeting Natasha Darcy, the much-loved grazier did not hesitate to sign over his multi-million-dollar estate to her.
When Mathew died in an apparent suicide soon afterwards, in a stranger-than-fiction twist, Natasha's estranged husband – who she was once charged with trying to kill – was the first paramedic on the scene after the murder.
Journalist and author Emma Partridge travelled to the cool and misty town of Walcha in the Northern Tablelands of NSW in the months after Mathew Dunbar's death, drawn by the town's collective worry that Natasha was going to get away with murder. Partridge spent months researching the case, interviewing Mathew’s friends, family and Natasha herself in an attempt to uncover her sickening web of lies and crimes.
The Widow of Walcha is about one of the most extraordinary criminal trials in Australia’s history and reveals Natasha’s sickening crimes against those she claimed to love, fuelled by her obsession with money.
The Widow of Walcha is currently available from Dymocks Booksellers in Australia; and in e-book/audio forms on Kindle and Audible on amazon.com.
About the author: Emma Partridge is an award-winning journalist who has covered crime in Australia for more than a decade. After working for regional and local newspapers across New South Wales, in 2013 she joined The Sydney Morning Herald. In 2017, she became chief court reporter for The Daily Telegraph, where she covered court cases and crime investigations. It was here she first reported on the death of farmer Mathew Dunbar, publishing the front-page article, 'The grazier and the widow of Walcha', on 17 November 2017.
Emma moved from print to television journalism in 2019, taking the role of Senior Crime Editor for Nine News Sydney, where she works today. She lives in Sydney with her partner Luke. The Widow of Walcha is her first book.
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