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.

Free

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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Free

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