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Call for Submissions: Sherlock is a Girl's Name
Call for Submissions Sherlock is a Girl's Name
An anthology about a female Sherlock Holmes,written by women What would the Great Detective be like if Sherlock was a woman? Clan Destine Press and commissioning editors Narrelle M Harris and Atlin Merrick, wonder just that, and seek stories about a female-identifying Sherlock Holmes – young or old, set in any time, place, or culture! Of course, wherever there is Holmes, Watson must follow – in this anthology Watson could be nonbinary, female- or male-identifying, queer or straight. Whatever suits your setting. Who is Ms Sherlock Holmes in your story? Who is her Watson? Her clients? And what are the...
Dark Deeds Down Under: Announcing our groundbreaking new anthology!
Dark Deeds Down Under brings together internationally-renowned Aussie and Kiwi crime writers and their beloved characters. Dark Deeds Down Under: 19 short stories from some of the brightest storytelling talents from Australia and New Zealand: including international bestsellers and award winners. Through the prism of page-turning crime, mystery and thriller stories you will roam from the dusty Outback to South Island glaciers, from ocean-carved coastlines and craggy mountains to sultry rainforests and Middle Earth valleys, and via sleepy villages to the underbellies of our cosmopolitan cities. In these all-new stories you’ll spend time with favourite series cops, sleuths and accidental...
Book Review: The Attack by Catherine Jinks
Book Reviews Catherine Jinks Sherryl Clark Sisters in Crime Australia The Attack
The Attackby Catherine Jinks Publisher/Year: Text Publishing/2021Entry in The Davitt Awards 2022 Publisher description Robyn Ayres works as the camp caretaker on Finch Island, a former leper colony off the coast of Queensland. Her current clients are a group of ex-military men who run a tough-love program for troubled teens. The latest crop looks like the usual mix of bad boys and sad boys. Then Robyn takes a second look at a kid called Darren. Last time she saw him his name was Aaron, and Robyn was his primary school teacher. And she was somehow at the centre of a...
Geelong Today's "Not So Fun in the Sun" Chat with Hugh McGinlay
Bodysurfing Catherine Kint Mysteries Hugh McGinlay Jinx Pachyderm
“I wake up with Boris and Catherine most days. I know what she thinks about the war in Ukraine and I know what Boris thinks and we argue. It’s lovely.” So says our very own Hugh McGinlay about his Catherine Kint murder mystery series and its protagonist Catherine Kint and her sidekick Boris. Recently profiled in Geelong Today, Hugh talks about how each of his three novels in the series (so far!) are love letters not only to his wife Louise Kent – on whom Catherine Kint is based – but also to places he adores. Hugh's latest book Bodysurfing,...
A Sisters in Crime Review of Sarah Evans' Bad Habits
Bad Habits Book Reviews Sarah Evans Sisters in Crime Australia
A freezer full of body parts is the tip of the criminal iceberg for intrepid Western Australian Detective Inspector Eve Rock. Butchered bodies and their questionable use; a murdered man in a skip; a brazen multi-million-dollar haul from a safety deposit facility; thefts from a high-end jewellers and art galleries… All in day’s work for Eve and her team. The festive season has spawned a spate of bizarre crimes which, at least, reassures Eve that others’ bad habits far exceed her own. It also gives her a watertight excuse to avoid her dysfunctional family, and to spend time with her...