Closing 31 August: 28th Scarlet Stiletto Awards with a record $11,910 in prize money
Sisters in Crime’s 28th Scarlet Stiletto Awards for best short crime and mystery stories is now open and offering a record $11,910 in prizes this year.
The law and the lawless
Three new novels by Australian women dive deep into the murky world of the criminal justice system – The Double Bind, the sequel to Loraine Peck’s The Second Son; Mali Waugh’s debut novel, Judgement Day; and Katherine Kovacic’s Seven Sisters.
The authors will debate the law and the lawless in all dimensions with Maggie Baron, the inaugural president of Sisters in Crime.
GIRL, FORGOTTEN
A girl with a secret …
A murder that remains a mystery …
Forty years later, Emily’s murder remains unsolved. Her friends closed ranks, her family retreated inwards, the community moved on. But all that’s about to change.
THE OTHER SIDE OF HER
Busy parents Mia and Ryan were devastated when their former nanny, Irish backpacker Tara, tragically disappeared. But that was two years ago. Now they want to move on and focus on their son … so why are the police questioning them again?
Banquet: The Untold Story of Adelaide’s Family Murders
Walkley-award winning journalist Debi Marshall turns her investigative blowtorch to the shocking Adelaide Family murders and to secrets long hidden in the City of Corpses.
THE OTHER OLIVIA
A stranger accosts Olivia on the street warning, “Don’t sign anything.” When she reluctantly follows his advice, everything starts to fall apart.
Taken
Being a woman in a hostile and competitive male world has never been easy, but being a lactating mother decidedly ups the ante.
Seven sisters
Men get away with murder all the time. Now it’s our turn … A twisty, intriguing crime novel for fans of The Mother and The Family Doctor.
Murder Monday: Tansy Rayner Roberts
For the latest Murder Monday, Jacq Ellem spoke to author Tansy Rayner Roberts who crimes crime under her pen name Livia Day – they’re cozy, witty, and wickedly funny, Tasmanian murder mysteries. Her five crime novels include A Trifle Dead, Drowned Vanilla, Keep Calm and Kill the Chef, Dyed & Buried, and her most recent title, Drop Dead in Red which features scones, murder, and baby goats.
The Crime Stack: The Double Bind by Loraine Peck
For the March Crime Stack, Simon and Schuster has kindly offered 20 copies of The Double Bind, the sequel to Loraine Peck’s award-winning novel, The Second Son. To be in the running you need to be a member of Sisters in Crime. Why not join now?
Entries for Sisters in Crime’s 23rd Davitt Awards for women’s crime books now open
The competition is open to books by all women, whether cisgender, transgender or intersex, who are citizens/residents of Australia. Self-published books are eligible. Please note that books co-written or co-edited with men or including chapters by men are not eligible.
Publishers have until Friday 7 April to enter. This year, for the first time in 23 years, the Davitts will cost publishers $25 a title to enter.
