Australian crime writing

Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective

A missing maid. A murder most foul. A highly imprudent adventure. Only her fine eyes can uncover the truth.

Two years after the events of Pride and Prejudice, Miss Caroline Bingley is staying at her brother’s country estate close to Pemberley, wondering if there’s more to life than cribbage and paying calls.

So when Georgiana Darcy’s maid, Jayani, vanishes and Georgiana disappears in search of her, Caroline races after them to London, only to discover a shocking, cold-blooded murder.

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Murder Monday: Maryrose Cuskelly

For Murder Monday, Sisters in Crime’s Jacq Ellem spoke to award-winning Melbourne author, Maryrose Cuskelly. She writes both fiction and non-fiction. Her books include Wedderburn: A true tale of blood and dust; Original Skin: Exploring the marvels of the human hide, and the novels, The Cane, and The Campers.

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Book Review Panic by Catherine Jinks

PANIC

Bronte posted a drunken rant that went viral. It blew up in her face and she lost friends, work and her secure lifestyle. She escapes to an isolated and seemingly tranquil Wellness Retreat but soon discovers something disturbing. Are these people harmless cranks – or dangerous domestic terrorists?

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Book Review Gunnawah by Ronni Salt

GUNNAWAH

It’s 1974 in the Riverina
The weather is hot
But the body in the Murray River is stone cold . . .
A captivating and compulsive crime thriller about guns, drugs and a young woman dead on the money.

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THE CAMPERS

What would you do if a group of itinerants set up camp in “your” park in your quiet suburban neighbourhood? This is a wonderfully provocative story about privilege, hypocrisy and justice.

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THE CLOSE-UP

Zoe moved to Hollywood after her first novel failed to set the world on fire. She reunites with her old flame, now a major Hollywood star and he has a fan. A stalker, who recreates violent, creepy scenes from Zoe’s book. Except now she’s the victim.

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Deception Bay

Codebreakers and Queensland police corruption feature in this historic crime novel set in Brisbane during WW2. An apparent suicide, then a tattooed arm found floating in the river… and a city full of US troops.

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