Australians think they know of the Lindt Cafe Siege in the week before Christmas 2014. They know who Man Haron Monis is and who his two victims were. Through current affairs TV and popular magazines, they know something of the experience of the hostages. Following the Coroner's inquiry and report they learnt something of what was happening behind the scenes while that drama was unfolding. But only a book can put all that together into one coherent narrative. And only a seasoned journalist who attended much of the inquest, has available to her the transcripts and the tabled evidence, has followed further trails of evidence and has come to know the victims and their families can hope to paint the full picture. Deborah Snow is that journalist.
Siege will take its place as the classic account of these events. It is a shocking, compelling and revealing account of why things went so very wrong.
