Asenigmaticinlifeasindeath,MollieDeanwasawomandeterminedtotranscend.Creativelyambitiousandsexuallyprecocious,attwenty-fiveshewasapoet,aspiringnovelistandmuseontheperipheriesofMelbourne'sbohemiansalons-untilonenightin1930shewasbrutallyslainbyanunknownkillerinalanewaywhilewalkinghome.Herfamilywasimplicated.Thoseinhercircle,includingheracclaimedartistloverColinColahan,wereshamed.Hermemorywasanxiouslysuppressed.YetthemysteryofherdeathrenderedmoremysteriousherlifeandMollie'sstorylingered,incorporatedintomemoir,literature,television,theatreandsong,mostnotablyinGeorgeJohnston'sclassicMyBrotherJack.InAScandalinBohemia,GideonHaighexplodesthetruecrimegenrewithamurderstoryaboutlifeaswellasdeath.ArmedwithonlyasinglephotographandechoesofMollie'svoice,hehasreassembledtheprecariouslifeofatalentedwomanwithoutaroomofherown-atrueoutsider,excludedbytheveryworldthatcelebratedherinitsart.Inthisworkofrestorativejustice,MollieDeanemergesasatenacious,charismatic,independentwomanforwhomsocietyhadnoplace,andwhomeverybodytriedtoforget-butnobodycould.