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Sisters in crime Readings Book Launch: Outrageous Fortunes

Readings State Library of Victoria, 285-321 Russell Street, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

Join us to celebrate the launch of Lucy Sussex's and Megan Brown's Outrageous Fortunes: The Adventures of Mary Fortune, Crime-writer, and Her Criminal Son George (Black Inc). This is the gripping story of Australia's first female crime writer and her career-criminal son. When Mary Fortune arrived in Melbourne with her infant son in 1855, she was ...

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Free

Crime Every Mountain

The Rising Sun Hotel cnr Raglan Street and Eastern Road, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Women’s crime writing has risen to new heights. It’s left the dry, dusty plains behind and headed for the hills or rather the mountains – with thrilling and chilling consequences. Claire Sutherland (The Crag), Bronwyn Hall (The Chasm), and Erina Reddan (Deep in the Forest) will talk to Leslie Falkiner-Rose, convenor and keen skier, about the challenges they have faced trying to get to the top.

$10 – $62

Patricia Wolf in Conversation about Opal

Readings St Kilda 112 Acland Street, St Kilda, 3182, Australia

Patricia Wolf, visiting from Berlin, in conversation with Janice Simpson to discuss her latest novel, Opal. The thrilling third instalment in the bestselling DS Lucas Walker series, Opal is full of breathtaking twists and dark turns. Bookings can be made here.

Free

Fiona Hardy launches her new book Unbury The Dead

Readings Carlton 309 Lygon Street, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Celebrate the launch of Fiona Hardy's debut adult crime novel Unbury the Dead. Best mates Teddy and Alice are hired hands with flexible moral boundaries. Whatever the mess, they can be relied upon to fix it with no questions asked. But sometimes it's not as simple as cleaning up. Unbury the Dead is a superbly fresh and ...

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Cosy Crime: Plot, Puzzles and Characters Minus the Gore

The Tin Shed 67 Fraser Street, Clunes, Victoria

What makes us turn away from blood and gore and crave small towns, mysterious bookshops, and seaside resorts with eccentric characters? Join Amanda Hampson (The Tea Ladies series), Elizabeth Coleman (A Dance with Murder), and Aoife Clifford (It Takes a Town) as they talk with Jacqui Horwood from Sisters in Crime about the joys of cosy mysteries. ...

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Lifting the petticoats: the underbelly of Regency England

The Rising Sun Hotel cnr Raglan Street and Eastern Road, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Regency England wasn’t all balls, bodices, and beaux for those in high society. Markets and gentlemen’s clubs hid secrets, scandals, spies, escaped convicts, ruthless bounty hunters, and murders most foul, as revealed in two new books by Kelly Gardiner and Sharmini Kumar (Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Investigator) and Alison Goodman (The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin).

$10 – $62

Shelley Burr in conversation at Beaumaris Library

Beaumaris Library 96 Reserve Road, Beaumaris, Victoria

Shelley Burr will be discussing latest chilling thriller, Vanish, inspired by a real-life criminal case, with Sisters in Crime’s Jacqui Horwood. Beaumaris Library, 96 Reserve Road, Beaumaris Victoria. Free but please book here.

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Crime and Mystery Unveiled. Ringwood Library

Ringwood Library 179 Maroondah Hwy,, Ringwood, VIC

Join award-winning author and podcaster Vikki Petraitis as she interviews Kirsten Alexander, Fiona Hardy, and Christine Keighery about their latest novels. Discover how crime and mystery unfold across different settings, from the Yorkshire Dales to Melbourne and the Victorian coast. Kirsten Alexander’s After the Fall is a tense tale of new beginnings and hidden secrets. Fiona Hardy’s debut, Unbury the Dead, follows two ...

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Sisters in Crime@Europa on Alma: Secret Histories

Europa on Alma, 31 Alma Road,, St Kilda, Vic, Australia

Join Cassie Hamer (The Stranger at the Table) and Darcy Tindale (Burning Mountain) in conversation with fellow author, Tania Chandler about deadly family secrets and fatal friendships. Europa on Alma. Free event with complimentary wine and cheese.

Free

Murder, She Investigates: Sisters in Crime’s 19th Law Week event

Host ‘Judge’ Betty King explores tall tales and true of homicide investigations with former Homicide Squad detective Narrelle Fraser, forensic pathologist Joanna Glengarry, and defence barrister Zoe Broughton. Who does what and with (and to) whom in the course of a murder investigation, from the collection of evidence, the interrogation of suspects, the laying of charges, and the trial? And what interesting things happen along the way?

$10 – $22