For the May Crime Stack, Scribe Publications has kindly offered 20 copies of All That I Remember About Dean Cola, the third novel by Victorian Sisters in Crime member, Tania Chandler.
The original inspiration for The Scarlet Cross came from my sister, who is an avid crime reader and a former psychiatric nurse. She was the one who suggested a hospital as the setting for a crime novel and I heartily agreed: the caregivers in a hospital are often at the coal face of crime, especially in the emergency department.
I’ve researched just about every plausible way to murder someone– and how to get away with it. At least, that’s what I tell my husband from time to time. Generally, when he’s annoying me.
Sisters in Crime celebrated its 30th birthday at the magnificent new Victorian Pride Centre in Fitzroy Street, St Kilda on Saturday (23 April). The building resounded with the voices of nearly a hundred Sisters in Crime and Brothers-in-Law belting out the chorus of “Sisters are writin’ it for themselves”.
Being back on Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, for Sisters in Crime’s 30th birthday party on 23 April, was a step back in time for the host, Sue Turnbull, Sisters in Crime’s Ambassador-at-Large. The story of her first event at Leo’s Spaghetti Bar induced much laughter.
Lynda La Plante made television history in 1991 when she created Prime Suspect, starring Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison. She is now the author of over forty novels, all of which have been bestsellers. Lynda will be talking about her stellar career and her latest book, Vanished, with Sisters in Crime’s Jacqui Horwood. The …
Party on, Sisters in Crime and Brothers-in-Law – it’s the 30th anniversary bash – Saturday 23 Aprl, 6 for 6.30pm, at St Kilda’s fabulous new Victorian Pride Centre.
The Crime Stack book for April is The Silent Listener, an unforgettable literary suspense novel, that won the Debut Fiction Award in the Indie Books Awards 2022 announced on 21 March.
Dig into the Bare Bones of True Crime with Karina Kilmore as she talks to five crime writers and investigators about their research and writing on video – a partnership between Sisters in Crime and Port Phillip Library Services,
An amazing 160 books are already in contention for Sisters in Crime Australia’s 22nd Davitt Awards for the best crime and mystery books by Australian women. Publishers have until Friday 7 May 2022 to enter.
