With more than $13,000 in prizes up for grabs, the Scarlet Stilettos are Australia’s premier short story awards for crime fiction written by Australian women. More female criminal talent – of the literary kind – is about to be uncovered!
When I read true crime, I often have to remind myself that this is a real person’s life. They lived and breathed, loved and were loved. This was not a problem in The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron. Vikki Petraitis never loses sight of the women. They are why she is writing and why she has doggedly pursued this case for decades. I’m grateful for the work that she has done and the grace with which she has done it.
What would women do if there were no men for a day? Georgia Harper once almost painted the question on her front fence. Then, she had a better idea and decided to write a thriller and had the protagonist, Dove, paint that question on the front wall of her permaculture farm on a tourist route . . .
Like, Follow, Die was hard to put down. A thrilling exercise of dot connecting to work out who was responsible, and for what. I was mesmerised from the first page, but the climax was so intense, I couldn’t read quickly enough. I flew through the pages, my heart pounding, cooking dinner totally forgotten. I thoroughly recommend you read Like, Follow, Die, not just for an incredible crime story, but also as a reminder. Beware.
Exploring the many dimensions of poison as the ‘women’s weapon’ will be Chloe Hooper, co-author
of The Mushroom Tapes; Linda Glowacki, toxicologist from the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine & Angela Savage on Agatha Christie and poisons, and host Vikki Petraitis.
What do you do if you discover your beloved father is a serial killer? This is what
Georgie Baron-Ross explores with Melbourne author Abby Corson for this month’s Author Spotlight. Abby’s latest novel, Happy Woman. It features Gwynne Hogg — a ‘normal’ woman — whose life unravels as her father’s decades-old secrets surface and the media closes in.
Simon & Schuster is generously donating twenty copies of The Graduate by Rebecca Lim for the Crime Stack for May. It’s Rebecca’s first adult crime novel, a razor-sharp revenge thriller that blows the whistle on the cutthroat world of corporate law. This is a special offer to Sisters in Crime members. Join now and be in the running for a complimentary paperback copy of The Graduate.
Catch up with the latest crime events from around the nation. Already there are lots of crime events happening, especially in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Whatever the time, whatever the season, don’t forget that a book is the perfect gift. It offers so much reading pleasure as well as supporting authors and the publishing industry.
Who would think that Rhyme Time at the local library would end with a piercing scream and murder? New mum Frida finds herself part of an unlikely group of sleuths investigating. For this month’s Author Spotlight, Narrelle M. Harris spoke to Melbourne librarian (and mother), Penny Tangey, about What Rhymes with Murder?
Who better than newshounds to uncover mysteries and track down murderers? Three Melbourne authors, Christine Gregory, Laraine Stephens, and Madeleine Cleary, talk about how and why journalists make such superlative investigators with former journalist and crime author Dr Liz Porter.