I contributed my idea on my favourite crime book of 2023 for Sisters In Crime Australia's list. Check out what other crime fiction by women you might want to read this holiday season!
"The much anticipated follow-up to Canticle Creek, The Wiregrass is set in the temperate rainforest area of Victoria in the fictional town of Satellite."
Since finishing the 2nd in the Zoe Mayer series I've been twiddling my thumbs, impatiently waiting for the next and here it is. The Good Dog by Simon Rowell -- out in January 2024.
"After gunshots echo through the summer night on Mount Macedon, Detective Sergeant Zoe Mayer and her loyal service dog Harry race to the summit at first light."
GRANITE NOIR 2024
Aberdeen’s #CrimeFiction Festival
20–25 February
Granite Noir is inspired by crime fiction in all its forms, by the fantastic contribution that #Scottish writers make, by our love affair with #Nordic Noir, & most of all inspired by Aberdeen – steeped in history, atmospheric, quirky & with a strong sense of place
Three couples, friends since the university athletics team, travel to a house in the mountains for an unplugged weekend of drinking and bushwalking. No internet, no phones, no stress. On the first night, the topic of partner-swapping comes up. It's a joke - at first.
New book on the piles this morning - the 5th in the Fiji Island Mysteries, perfect for those that like a lot of enticing food mentions, and a gentler approach to their crime fiction, Death off Camera by B.M. Allsopp
A long time overdue to read this from the godmother of modern Norwegian crime fiction - who certainly knows how to produce well written, atmospheric character driven crime fiction which tackles important questions along the way.
In crime fiction, poisoners need easy access to their targets, which means they're often family members or trusted friends — and that makes for fascinating, twisty stories. For Crime Reads, author Valona Jones looks authors' use of arsenic (nicknamed "heir powder"), salt, plant poisons and more.
Proof positive that good things come to those who wait, the 10 years between books is over and THE YEAR OF THE LOCUST is out. Cannot wait to read this.
"If, like Kane, you're a Denied Access Area spy for the CIA, then boundaries have no meaning. Your function is to go in, do whatever is required, and get out again - by whatever means necessary. You know when to run, when to hide - and when to shoot."
More Books About Buildings & Crime
14 Nov, Scottish Parliament, #Edinburgh – free & all welcome
Maps, floor-plans & architectural features matter in #CrimeFiction, & writers have often exploited the symbolic & structural significance of buildings as framing devices.
Author Liam McIlvanney looks at important buildings in the #Scottish crime canon, in works from #RobertLouisStevenson to Abir Mukherjee.
Charli Trenthan plans to leave her hometown of Stone Lake. But when she receives a cryptic message from a member of the Sanctuary, a conservative closed community nestled in the forest, she is determined to find answers.
Today I’m at the Terror Australis crime fiction festival in Port Huon, Tasmania - kicking off with a masterclass with special guest Ann Cleeves (of Vera and Shetland fame).
Scottish Society for Northern Studies half-day conference – exploring literary cross-currents between Scotland & Scandinavia via the prism of crime fiction
"When the Australian Mystery Writers’ Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the Ghan, the famous train between Darwin and Adelaide, I was hoping for some inspiration for my second book. Fiction, this time: I needed a break from real people killing each other. Obviously, that didn’t pan out."