Deceit, Disappearance & Death came about because Pamela always wondered what happened to the Calverts and why Dennis Gerwing took his own life.
The book would not have happened were it not for Pamela's husband, Peter's friendship with Dennis' brother Fred.
And, Peter's habit of saving newspaper articles about people he knew.
The newspaper articles were written by friends, reporters, Tim Donnally and Daniel Brownstein.
Tim & Daniel would stop by the Ovens house regularly with questions about the .