Sisters in Crime Australia is dedicated to promoting women who write crime. Here are reviews of crime books (fiction and true crime) written by women.
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The wonderful Karin Slaughter never lets us down.
A small town where everyone knows everyone. But nobody knows the truth.
Emmy Clifton has lived here all her life. She thinks she knows her neighbours. She’s wrong.
She thinks it’s just another hot summer night: a night like any other. She’s wrong.
When her best friend’s daughter asks for help, she thinks it’s just some teenage drama. She thinks it can wait. She’s never been more wrong in her life.
A stunning literary suspense novel.
A safe haven for lost girls? Or a breeding ground for revenge?
It’s 1973 and Detective Sergeant Eleanor Smith is finally assigned her first homicide case. A woman’s body has been discovered at Harrowford Hall, a home for unmarried mothers deep in the Victorian countryside.
The wonderful Dervla McTiernan takes us back to Ireland and reader-favourite Cormac Reilly in The Unquiet Grave. This is brilliantly plotted, fast-paced crime fiction with plenty of twists.
The debut Australian crime novel everyone’s talking about.
A gritty Melbourne crime thriller where old secrets collide with deadly new threats. A must-read.
An absolute gem of a novel. Margaret Hickey tackles issues that matter with great skill and respect – and humour: climate change, financial hardship, homelessness and class divisions.
One of the most beautiful crime novels you will read this year. Set in small-town Queensland, First Nations policewoman, Renee Taylor, is a wonderfully complex character. Honest. Raw. A must-read!
High school friends Lani, Tinker, Maya and Stig were inseparable until an unthinkable act shook the group. Now in their thirties, three of the friends are still close while Stig has disappeared completely, unable to face what happened in high school. Is it too late to save Stig from himself? And will bringing him back into the fold threaten the silence that has been keeping them safe all these years?
A missing maid. A murder most foul. A highly imprudent adventure. Only her fine eyes can uncover the truth.
Two years after the events of Pride and Prejudice, Miss Caroline Bingley is staying at her brother’s country estate close to Pemberley, wondering if there’s more to life than cribbage and paying calls.
So when Georgiana Darcy’s maid, Jayani, vanishes and Georgiana disappears in search of her, Caroline races after them to London, only to discover a shocking, cold-blooded murder.
It’s 1863 and Melbourne’s red-light district has drawn the attention of a serial killer. Lush, dark and meticulously researched, this novel gives us a glimpse of the lives of women who were erased from the history books.
She is the perfect wife. He is the perfect liar. A year after he is murdered in their dream home, his wife sets out to uncover the identity of his killer. What she uncovers will shock her, and put her in terrible danger.