Serialised suspense romance, Lethal in Love, starts July 15

On July 15, Penguin Random House begins publishing Lethal in Love, a six-part serialised suspense romance e-book by Michelle Somers, with subsequent episodes released fortnightly after that. The book is available for pre-order so if you order all in advance each episode will download directly to your device on publication. Click here. Sandi Wallace interviewed Michelle …

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Record $9350 on offer for the 22nd Scarlet Stiletto Awards Crime Short Story Competition

Every Cloud Productions, the producers of the internationally-acclaimed crime drama,Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, has just added another feather to its cloche: sponsorship of the $1500 first prize in the 22nd Scarlet Stiletto Awards, Sisters in Crime Australia’s annual short story competition. Fiona Eagger, who producesMiss Fisher’s Murder Mysterieswith Every Cloud’s co-founder Deb Cox, said that …

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Crime novel by St Kilda writer wins $15,000 prize

Sisters in Crime offers its warmest congratulations to St Kilda author Jane Harper who has won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. Harper took out the $15,000 prize for her crime novel, The Dry, set in rural Australia. The Age reported the judges saying that Harper “weaves together themes about belonging, loyalty …

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New England Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Writing

Submitted by Carmel on 3 May 2015 – 5:01pm New England Writers Centre is proud to announce an exciting new national literary award, the New England Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Writing The prize is for unpublished short-form crime writing in three categories: fiction, non-fiction and poetry. It has been inspired not only by New England’s …

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Vale Ruth Rendell

Submitted by Carmel on 3 May 2015 – 5:22pm UK crime writer Ruth Rendell, creator of the Inspector Wexford series, has died at the age of 85, following a stroke in January. Rendell, who also wrote psychological thrillers under the name of Barbara Vine, was the author of more than 60 novels. Her rival and …

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