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.
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.
Sisters in Crime Australia has announced a shortlist of 19 books for its 24th Davitt Awards – seven adult novels, four non-fiction books, two YA adult novels, four children’s novels. A reminder for members to vote for the Davitt (Readers’ Choice) will be sent out on 30 July, with the vote closing on 31 July.
A chid protection worker is searching for a missing foster child in this gripping story. A town cut off by floodwater, drug trafficking, family feuds… who can Dana trust?
Ruby and Kate have three things in common – they both live in Victoria’s high country, they’ve both got on the wrong side of the law, and they share a love of horses. But they live 144 years apart. This YA novel sheds light on Australian girls whose stories were never told.
When a catastrophic wildfire rips through a woman’s hometown, she’s lucky to survive. Then she finds a dead woman in her driveway, clutching a piece of paper with her name on it.
NON FICTION
An unforgettable exposé of institutional child abuse. In Newcastle, NSW, a sinister paedophile network run by members of the Anglican Church. Many people knew, and they looked the other way.
Andy Nearland goes undercover in a New York fire station where the crews set as many fires as they put out, and they’ve stolen millions in daring heists. A fast-paced thriller from an Aussie favourite.
Four kids win scholarships to a boarding school that caters for the offspring of the rich and powerful. Outsiders from the start they band together. Did they do the things they were accused of? Or were they scapegoats?
Multiple bombs explode in a small WA country town. A detective discovers he has a melanoma, and it’s serious. This story is as much about friendship in adversity as it is about crime.
NON FICTION
This Australian journalist has seen it all in the bush: custody disputes over a camel, missing lollipops, and the darker – sometimes unfathomable – side of an often harsh judicial system.
For the July Murder Monday, Sisters in Crime’s Jacq Ellem spoke to Sherryl Clark, the prolific author who has published more than 70 children’s and YA books, including novels, chapter books, picture books and award-winning verse novels. And now lots of crime. Sherryl has recently moved from Australia to New Zealand (Aotearoa). Sherryl will be talking to Sisters in Crime in Melbourne on Friday 26 July.