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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Author: Lindy Cameron, Editor Publisher: Five Mile Press Copyright Year: 2009 Review By: Phyllis King Book Synopsis: Outside the Law 3 brings together another collection of true crime stories which, this time, as Lindy Cameron explains in her introduction, largely fall into two categories: “the appalling abuse or tragic loss of children; and the life and times of Australia’s big- …
Author: Christine Nixon Publisher: Victory Books Copyright Year: 2011 Review By: Sandra Nicholson Book Synopsis: I have to declare upfront that I served under Christine Nixon for the entire time she was Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police, and I now count her among my close friends. I was overseas when Fair Cop was released so did not get around to …
Author: Annie Hauxwell Publisher: Penguin Copyright Year: 2013 Review By: Sandra Nicholson Book Synopsis: This is the second book in the Catherine Berlin series and after reading the first -In Her Blood- I really couldn’t wait to see what trouble Berlin had managed to get herself into this time and more importantly how she survived her adventures. She may not …
Author: Annie Hauxwell Publisher: Michael Jospeh and Imprint of Penguin Books Copyright Year: 2012 Review By: Ann Byrne Book Synopsis: For a first time author Annie Hauxwell has shown an amazing maturity in the crime genre. I was enthralled from the first page when Catherine Berlin “gazes down at the blue flesh swaying in the grey water’ to the last …
Author: Sue Williams Publisher: Text Publishing Copyright Year: 2013 Review By: Ann Byrne and Sue Turnbull Book Synopsis: “If you wanted to hide somewhere there’s no way I’d choose Rusty Bore. A hundred and forty seven residents and everyone single one of them watching. No one here forgets. Especially your mistakes” Rusty Bore is a fictious place, somewhere north of …
Author: Katherine Howell Publisher: Pan Macmillan Copyright Year: 2013 Review By: Rose Mercer Book Synopsis: Again, Katherine Howell caused me sleepless nights while I read, read, read, lost in the world and situations she created. Without exception, Katherine Howell’s experience as a former paramedic provides the reader with believable and provocative glimpses into this profession. Web of Deceit, the sixth …
Author: Sulari Gentill Publisher: Pantera Press Copyright Year: 2012 ISBN: 9781921997075 Review By: Angela Savage Book Synopsis: The year is 1933 and Hitler’s Nazi government is consolidating its hold on power, imprisoning socialists, trade unionists and avante garde artists who work is considered ‘degenerate’. Public book burnings are held to purge the shelves of ‘un-German’ works by Marxists, pacifists, Jews and …
Author: Kerry Greenwood Publisher: Allen and Unwin Copyright Year: 2012 No of Pages: 334 Review By: Angela Savage Book Synopsis: Explaining his reason for wrapping up the Kenzie-Gennaro series, Dennis Lehane allegedly says, “Have you every heard anyone say ‘The seventeenth book in the series was my favorite’?” Perhaps Mr Lehane lacks Ms Greenwood’s chutzpah as I’m here to say Unnatural …
Author: Helene Young Publisher: Michael Joseph – an imprint of Penguin Books Copyright Year: 2012 ISBN: 978-1-921901-22-5 Review By: Virgnia Jane Rose Book Synopsis: It’s easy to see why Helene Young was voted Australia’s favourite romantic suspense novelist in 2010 and 2011 – Burning Lies truly is “an explosive story of peril and passion”, and the relationships between the characters are …
Author: Kathyrn Fox Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Copyright Year: 2012 ISBN: 978-7-7426-1034-4 No of Pages: 337 Review By: Vikki Petraitis Book Synopsis: Like a lot of reviewers of Cold Grave, I read it in a couple of days and really enjoyed it. A crime series is only as strong as its characters and the broader story arc. While we have watched Dr …