The Butterfly Women
It’s 1863 and Melbourne’s red-light district has drawn the attention of a serial killer. Lush, dark and meticulously researched, this novel gives us a glimpse of the lives of women who were erased from the history books.
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The Wedding Vow
She is the perfect wife. He is the perfect liar. A year after he is murdered in their dream home, his wife sets out to uncover the identity of his killer. What she uncovers will shock her, and put her in terrible danger.
Kerry Greenwood Readers Choice Award open for voting
We are thrilled to announce that the Readers Choice Award has been renamed in honour and memory of one of Australia’s greatest and most beloved crime writers: Kerry Greenwood. Voting now open for members.
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.
Too Young To Know, Too Old To Listen: Joan Sauers
Not sure how old to make the protagonist in her Southern Highlands Mysteries series Joan Sauers took inspiration from the Baby Animals… ‘too young to know, too old to listen’. She explains why ….
BURNING MOUNTAIN
Darcy Tindale’s debut, The Fall, was shortlisted for the 2024 Davitt Awards. In Burning Mountain, Detective Rebecca Giles investigates the discovery of a human skull; a cold case that her career policeman father couldn’t solve 20 years ago.
THE PROSPECT
This book is a bit of a departure for Fleur McDonald. While her Detective Dave Burrows books are excellent, they can be of a slightly more gentle nature than The Prospect. This book is an all-out, gritty crime novel. It is Outback Noir at its finest.
Vale Kerry Greenwood 17 June 1954 – 26 March 2025
Sisters in Crime is mourning the death in Melbourne of Kerry Greenwood, founding member and beloved friend and author, at the age of 70. Sisters in Crime is planning a celebration of Kerry Greenwood’s life.
THE CLEANER
A beautifully sinister, propulsive page-turning adult debut that explores themes of obsession, identity, and privilege, about a woman who takes a job as a cleaner – but what she’s really after is revenge…
It’s not dust she’s looking for.
It’s dirt.
THE INHERITANCE
On a private island off the west coast of Scotland, the Agarwals gather for a much-awaited family reunion.
Raj, the patriarch and business tycoon, who has six weeks to decide how to split his petrochemicals empire between his three children. Everyone has a secret – but only one would kill to protect it…