Murder Monday: Meeti Shroff Shah
For Murder Monday Sisters in Crime’s Jacq Ellem spoke to award-winning copywriter, content writer and author, Meeti Shroff Shah, who is based in Mumbai and is the creator of the Temple Hill mystery series.
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The Palazzo
A thoroughly good read. This is a clever story of murder, relationships, and betrayal. You will be totally immersed in an exotic setting in Italy as you try and figure out “whodunnit”.
The Ladies Road Guide To Utter Ruin
They’re back! If you haven’t encountered the ill-mannered ladies yet, you are unfashionably behind. With plenty of adventure, crime and action as well as a splash of romance, The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin is an absolute delight.
Win a copy of Hot Ground
Fremantle Press is generously donating twenty copies of Hot Ground by Lisa Ellery for this month’s Crime Stack. Detective Jessy Parkin – sent to policing purgatory in the aftermath of a tainted investigation – is tasked with finding Max Cochrane, a veteran prospector who has vanished into thin air.
The Summer Guests
This is Tess Gerritsen at the top of her game, a fabulous read. Maggie is a retired spy, a member of a “book club”, The Martini Club in Maine. When a young girl disappears near the lake, the Martini Club can’t help themselves. Off they go!
A Shipwreck in Fiji
The wonderful Akal Singh is back! It’s Fiji, 1915, and the world is changing. Rumours of Germans on a neighbouring island, a murdered shopkeeper and the appearance of two Australian women sets the scene for a compelling cosy mystery.
Eleanor Jones is Playing with Fire
A red hot read!
Eleanor Jones isn’t looking for trouble.
But someone is starting fires in Cooinda – and the first one looks like a murder. Eleanor is determined not to get involved, but when she receives a note warning her to ‘keep quiet’ she can’t help but work out who sent it.
Who had motive to murder Eleanor’s neighbour? Could it really be one of her classmates? And are the fires connected to the car thefts in town?
Whisky Valley
From the intriguing Echo Lake, Rose McHugh, curious historian-turned-detective, returns to solve her next compelling mystery in the moody Southern Highlands.
A missing violinist. A rising flood. A race against time. Intrigue, music and danger collide in Whisky Valley.
After nearly being murdered last year, Rose McHugh battles anxiety as she uses her investigative skills to find her son’s best friend, a famous violinist who is missing along with his priceless violin.
There’s Nothing Like a Dame: Denise Mina & Bloody Scotland
Sisters in Crime’s roving reporter Lucy Sussex is attending the crime festival Bloody Scotland in September. As a taster, a wee dram, she interviewed Tartan noir author Denise Mina who has produced twenty award-winning crime novels, plus plays, comics, and graphic novels since 1996.
We are All Guilty Here
The wonderful Karin Slaughter never lets us down.
A small town where everyone knows everyone. But nobody knows the truth.
Emmy Clifton has lived here all her life. She thinks she knows her neighbours. She’s wrong.
She thinks it’s just another hot summer night: a night like any other. She’s wrong.
When her best friend’s daughter asks for help, she thinks it’s just some teenage drama. She thinks it can wait. She’s never been more wrong in her life.