Fresh from college, Kate Byrne, a 22-year-old, is working in her first job teaching, a fourth grade class in Endport, a small town on the southern coast of Tasmania. Strangely childlike, Kate is embroiled in a love affair with the father of her most gifted student, Lucien Marne. Kate's liaison, Thomas Marne is a successful corporate lawyer in Hobart. The first chapter of 'A Children's True Book of Crime' primarily focuses on the relationship between …showed first 75 words of 658 total…

…showed last 75 words of 658 total…Through the dialogue, it becomes apparent that Thomas is in control of their movements, especially Kate's. Thomas treats Kate as almost a possession: a live sex toy. His comments, "I know exactly what I am going to do to you," indicate that Thomas is using Kate for his own sexual fulfillment. Kate admits that she, "fell into adultery," but Thomas, it appears, planned the seduction. <Tab/><Tab/>