By Jane Southward -
It’s almost four years since Man Haron Monis took 18 hostages in Sydney’s Lindt Café so you may wonder what else can be written about the crisis that shocked Australia. This impressive book by Fairfax journalist Deborah Snow puts on the record an hour-by-hour account of the siege including first-hand accounts from some of the hostages as well as full coverage of Michael Barnes’ coronial inquiry.