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.
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 ….
Jacquie Pham’s debut novel has landed and it is a spellbinding historical murder mystery that transports readers to the lavish yet treacherous world of 1920s French-colonial Vietnam—a setting rarely explored in fiction with such depth and intensity. She talks with Robyn Walton about why this story and how it developed.
From the bestselling author of How to Kill a Client comes a page-turning rural thriller of loyalties and lies, murder and greed.
We meet Bea as she moves through the darkness, too scared to use her phone to light the way, but knowing enough to get the rifle from the lockbox on the back of the ute and to hide when she sees the lights approaching.
NONFICTION
An important read for everyone.
While in therapy, Sonia Orchard reflected on her life, choices and relationships. When she brought up her first “boyfriend”, it became obvious that her relationship with the groovy musician had been exploitative and unsafe. She was 15 and he was 26.
this compelling and beautifully written novel is about secrets and confessions, about vulnerability and hidden strength, about the cruelty of betrayal and, most of all, about the inextinguishable power and joy of friendship.
Award winning Nilima Rao shares her ‘how to’ writing tips with Sisters’ Jacq Ellem. How much research does she do, given her stories are set in Fiji? What did she discover about her writing that she wasn’t prepared for?
Multi published, multi award winning Catherine Jinks talks to Robyn Walton about writing, the creative trigger and how she wrote her current book.
When you write novels set in the past, what is historical research? Jacquie Pham says ‘it’s a kind of haunting’. She explains more….
When Claire surprises her fiancé, Noah, at work for their anniversary, she’s the one who ends up being shocked to her core …
Because Noah left the company nine months ago, and she had no idea. How can she not have known?
A gripping psychological thriller.