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Best Holiday Read #6: ANNE BUIST (AUTHOR) https://buff.ly/3FH8tlF
Ali Lowe, The Running Club (Hachette Australia, 2023)
The Running Club is an easy read for the by the pool or on the beach – grabs you from page one with the vicarious pleasure of some of the worst aspects of female relationships in a slightly over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek manner. Fast-paced and a bit of fun. Posted by Carmel Shute.

Best Holiday Read #5: DEB BODINNAR (2023 DAVITT JUDGE)
Katherine Howell, Frantic (Pan Macmillan 2007)
Frantic is the first of eight Ella Marconi novels. I was hooked after reading this one which won the Davitt (Adult Fiction Winner) in 2008. Katherine had been a paramedic herself and her insights into this world are second to none. This book is what introduced me to the wonderful world of Australian female crime authors, and also began my association with Sisters in Crime. While reading Frantic, you feel like you are actually living the situation alongside the characters and breathing in the same air. I highly recommend you try and find a copy, maybe in a library or the odd op shop or at least any of Katherine's books, you will not be disappointed. Take the ride - it's worth it. (Editor: Note that it is available as an e-book from Pan Macmillan). POsted by Carmel Shute.

Best Holiday Read : ASHLEY KALAGIAN BLUNT (AUTHOR) https://buff.ly/3tn5AEt
Monica Vuu, When One of Us Hurts (Pan Macmillan, 2023)
A book I've been obsessed with this year is Monica Vuu's twisted, mysterious, and darkly creepy, debut. This novel takes the small-town crime fiction trope to shocking new heights. This is a psychological mystery full of macabre surprises, most notable for the two distinctive voices driving the story. If you haven't checked it out yet, you're in for a chilling treat.

This is the last podcast for 2023 – “Skin and Bone”, Romany Rzechowicz’s winning story in the landmark 30th Scarlet Stiletto Awards. To listen, go to Scarlet Stiletto Bites: Scintillating stories by Australian women. Apple https://buff.ly/3oCL93T; Spotify: https://buff.ly/3ozTzZO; Google https://buff.ly/3BY8qk1; Amazon https://buff.ly/3oCLa7X. Romany is a Canberra-based communications professional with more than 15 years’ experience working with public sector organisations, including defence, environment, aged care, technology and public service development in Australia and Canada. By day, she helps organisations share their true stories; by night, she writes not-quite-so-true stories that have been published in places like The Canberra Times and the Newcastle Short Story Award, as well as winning Furious Fiction. Posted by Carmel Shute.

Best Holiday Read #4 HARRIE BLAKE (AUTHOR) https://buff.ly/3PDUmlN
Joanne Dobson, Quieter than Sleep (Doubleday, 1997)
If you love murder, poetry, and academia, this book is for you. The first books in the series are only available in paperback but are worth the effort. A female amateur sleuth, Professor Karen Pelletier's prime literary passion is poet Emily Dickinson and she brings her intelligence and tenacity to finding out what exactly happened to the head of Enfield's English department who was found strangled with his own flashy necktie.

TV Show 441: Burning Body (Spain)
The charred remains of Pedro, a police officer, are found inside a burnt-out car; the discovery triggers an investigation into a network of toxic relationships, deceit, violence, and sexual scandals involving Pedro and two fellow police officers. Streaming on Netflix.
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BURNING BODY | Official trailer | Netflix No flame self-ignites and this one spreads like wildfire. Úrsula Corberó (Money Heist) plays Rosa in , a story inspired by true events. Premieres...

Sisters in Crime South Australia gathered for an end-of-year celebration recently. Members enjoyed drinks and platters, and broke into teams for a fun crime quiz. As usual, there were local author books to be won as prizes.

Best Holiday Read #3: LOUISE BASSETT (AUTHOR) https://buff.ly/3WuRQQM
Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
Christie's famous mystery has all the elements for a perfect holiday read: a glamorous and eerie setting (the Orient Express in a snowstorm), an intriguing list of suspects, an irredeemable villain, and the reassuring genius of Hercule Poirot. Christie elevates this locked room mystery with an innovative plot, a moving and very human exploration of justice, and a deeply satisfying ending. The Queen of Crime at her best. Posted by Carmel Shute

TV Show 440: The Famous Five (UK)
Streaming on Stan is the newly ‘reimagined’ TV series (3 episodes of 90 minutes) featuring our well-loved characters, George, Julian, Dick, Anne, and Timmy the dog. The director is Nicolas Winding Refn, the director of cult violent films Pusher and Drive, which apparently left members of the Enid Blyton Society spluttering into their ginger beer. This is what the Guardian said. https://buff.ly/3tn7kNY Posted by Carmel Shute.

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Best Holiday Read # 2: ANDREA BARTON (AUTHOR) https://buff.ly/485xDXY
Sarah Hawthorn, A Voice in the Night (Transit Lounge, 2021)
Sarah Hawthorn's debut thriller has twists and turns galore. The story moves between London, New York, and Sydney, and keeps us guessing until the last page. Lucie’s lover, Martin, died on 9/11. Twenty years later, she receives a note, signed Martin, suggesting he used the confusion and chaos following that fateful day as an opportunity to disappear. But why doesn’t he reveal himself? Is someone playing with her mind? Or is she conjuring Martin from her imagination? Posted by Carmel Shute.

Best Holiday Read #1: SARAH BARRIE (AUTHOR) https://buff.ly/41JZevL
Nicola Moriarty, You Need to Know (HarperCollins Publishers Australia): The holidays are here. The extended family has gathered. The cars are packed and the convoy sets off. The cottage is a few hours' drive - but not everyone will live to see it ... This is a book that if you’ve somehow managed to miss in the last couple of years, would make the perfect holiday read! You need to know is totally compelling narrative of family dynamics, unravelling hidden secrets and fractured relationships. This story thrives on gripping secrets and intricate relationship dilemmas, and the characters feel remarkably authentic, stepping out from the pages with vivid realism, resembling friends or neighbours in their depth and relatability. Moriarty's cleverly plotted storyline, its fast-paced nature, and unpredictable twists solidify her position as a top-tier Australian author. I raced through the pages of this utterly absorbing page-turner. Don’t miss it! Posted by Camel Shute

Australian Crime Writers Association: The Louie Award for Fast Fiction Crime Writing. Rev those keyboards and submit a story of less than 500 words. Theme of Artificial Intelligence (AI). $500 cash prize plus two highly commended awards of $125 and publication on the ACWA website and promoted through its newsletter. Enter here https://buff.ly/3R6A1qh . Closes December 30, 2023. Posted by Carmel Shute.

TV Show 439: Dark Money (UK)
This 2019 British drama miniseries, written by Levi David Addai, deals with the sexual abuse of a minor by a film producer, and the challenges his family faces thereafter when they receive hush money to keep silent. In 2023, the series was adapted into the Indian Hindi-language series Kafas. Much praised and streaming on Acorn TV. https://buff.ly/2wskjgx Posted by Carmel Shute.

DARK MONEY (2018) | Official Trailer HD | PBS Distribution Coming to theaters this summer. DARK MONEY, a political thriller, examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of untrac...

Sisters in Crime invited convenors, author members, Davitt Award judges and winners, and others to nominate their best holiday reads for 2023-2024. They traverse an extraordinarily wide range of themes, locations, and interests. There is even a bit of magic – not to mention reindeer (not Santa’s helpers!) Some nominations are up-to-the-minute. Others are golden oldies. What they all offer, of course, are hours of reading pleasure and diversion. We'll be posting one a day for the next while. Let us know what you think. You can read all here: https://buff.ly/4am1TQ1 Posted by Carmel Shute.

For the December-January Crime Stack, HQ Fiction has kindly offered 20 copies of The Talented Mrs Greenway by NSW bestselling author, Téa Cooper. The Crime Stack is a benefit for Sisters in Crime members. Every month there are 20 books to win in a random draw of members. Join now https://buff.ly/35Zz2Eu and be in the running for a complimentary paperback copy of The Talented Mrs Greenway. https://buff.ly/480YDYi Posted by Carmel Shute.

Téa Cooper, The Talented Mrs Greenway – Sisters in Crime Australia Téa Cooper, The Talented Mrs Greenway December 5, 2023 by Carmel Shute For the December-January Crime Stack, HQ Fiction has kindly offered 20 copies ofThe Talented Mrs Greenway, by NSW bestselling author, Téa Cooper. This compellingly realised novel brings to life the story of an enigmatic figure,...

This week’s podcast is “Pecking Order”, the winner of the 2002 Scarlet Stiletto Award Roxxy Bent, who went onto to win it again in 2006, after which she was invited to be a https://buff.ly/3NuygCl listen, go to Scarlet Stiletto Bites: Scintillating stories by Australian women. Apple https://buff.ly/3oCL93T; Spotify: https://buff.ly/3ozTzZO; Google https://buff.ly/3BY8qk1; Amazon https://buff.ly/3oCLa7X. Roxxy is a founder of Vitalstatistix Theatre Company. She wrote award-winning plays for Vitals and other companies; several of which have been published in anthologies. She has also written for the screen. She has worked as an actor and writer on multiple community projects. Winning two Scarlet Stilettos, inspired her to complete a Masters in Creative Writing. She has continued with the long-form, earning a Varuna Scholarship and a Text Publishing Fellowship for her novel, The Pear Tree. Posted by Carmel Shute.

TV Show 438: Crime (UK)
Streaming on Britbox is Crime, the latest show by Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting). Detective Inspector Ray Lennox investigates serious crimes while battling his own personal demons and in-fighting within the police department in Scotland. Nine Newspapers rave about it. https://buff.ly/3GA4tUH Posted by Carmel Shute.

Irvine Welsh's Crime Trailer | Exclusive to BritBox Monsters are around every corner… Irvine Welsh’s Crime - starring Dougray Scott, Joanna Vanderham and Angela Griffin - is streaming exclusively on BritBox fr...

RN Big Ideas (53 mins): Do we need compassion for men who hurt women … to stop them from doing so? Hear from Dr Manjula Datta O'Connor (Chair of the Royal Australian New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Family Violence Psychiatry Network);. Dr Ahona Guha
(Clinical and forensic psychologist who spoke at Sisters Law Week event in May(, and Nicole Madigan (journalist) and Cass Moriarty (author of Parting Words (UQP 2017) and The Promise Seed (UQP 2015)) https://buff.ly/3uUmWcf Posted by Carmel Shute.

Do we need compassion for men who hurt women … to stop them from doing so? - ABC listen To change violent behaviour, regulators and assistance services need compassion for the perpetrators. That's the consent of our panel of psychiatrists, psychologists and women who went through domestic violence themselves. You'll hear about the impact of trauma and what it does to your brain; how ab...

TV Show 437: WPC56 (UK)
I am just catching up with this terrific police procedural which first aired in 2013 and is now streaming on Amazon Prime. As the first woman police constable in 1956 to join the force in the UK, Gina Dawson solves crimes while dealing with sexism and trying to gain the acceptance of her male colleagues. If you ever wondered on why the women’s liberation movement exploded on the scene, look no further. Three series of five episodes. https://buff.ly/47N1Afp Posted by Carmel Shute.

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Note too late to book: Everyone is welcome at Sisters in Crime South Australia’s end-of-year Networking Drinks and Crime Quiz, 6.30 pm Wednesday 13 December at the Seven Stars Hotel, Angas Street, Adelaide. The cost includes a drink upon arrival (at the bar) and finger food (platters). We look forward to celebrating the end of the year with you! $20-25. Bookings: Posted by Carmel Shute.

Sisters in Crime SA - Xmas Networking Event with Crime Quiz | Humanitix Get tickets on Humanitix - Sisters in Crime SA - Xmas Networking Event with Crime Quiz hosted by Sisters in Crime South Australia. Seven Stars Hotel, 186/187 Angas St, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia. Wednesday 13th December 2023. Find event information.

10/12/2023: TV Show 436: Australian Crime Stories: Who Killed Juanita (Australian)
In case you missed this when it was first broadcast two years ago. The 1975 murder of Juanita Nielsen, activist, heiress, and journalist is one of Australia’s most infamous mysteries. “Discover how a major murder investigation was derailed from the very beginning, and with exclusive access to original case files, watch as Adam Shand unmasks the three main suspects to reveal the answer to the crucial question: who ordered the killing of Juanita Nielsen?” Screening on Nine and 9 Now tomorrow at 8.40pm. https://buff.ly/3fL42do Posted by Carmel Shute.

Adam Shand returns with new season of AUSTRALIAN CRIME STORIES on Nine Over four weeks, investigative journalist, broadcaster and author Adam Shand takes viewers behind the headlines, unravelling the myths from the facts, shining the spotlight on some of the most shocking criminal cases in our history.

Everyone is welcome at Sisters in Crime South Australia’s end-of-year Networking Drinks and Crime Quiz, 6.30 pm Wednesday 13 December at the Seven Stars Hotel, Angas Street, Adelaide. The cost includes a drink upon arrival (at the bar) and finger food (platters). We look forward to celebrating the end of the year with you! $20-25. Bookings: https://buff.ly/3t3hpPY Posted by Carmel Shute.

In the mid-1990s Deb Wallce was a junior Detective when she was given a tough assignment - breaking up the gangs who ruled the streets of Sydney's Cabramatta. After reading Sun Tzu's 'The Art of War' Deb met up with the gang members in person to ask them about their lives. They told her that they were lost to the world crime, but she should focus on the next generation, so she helped set up a street school with Father Chris Riley. A fascinating interview on RN Conversations (51 Minutes). Posted by Carmel Shute.

Best of 2023 - Deb Wallace - ABC listen Former top Detective Deb Wallace with ingenious and surprising stories from her working life smashing criminal gangs in Sydney

Detective fiction aficionado Dr Derham Groves (a friend of Sisters in Crime) was curating Murderous Melbourne – an exhibition about Australian crime novels – when he stumbled across five books featuring an eccentric amateur sleuth called Professor Ronald Challis. Turn out the author was George Johnston (author of My Brother Jack). Read more: https://buff.ly/46PVxW6 Posted by Carmel Shute.

This week’s podcast is “Luisa”, the winner of the 1996 Scarlet Stiletto Award by Chirstina Lee, who went onto to win it again in 1998. Under the Sisters in Crime policy, she was invited to be a judge. Christina has been on the judging panel every year since then, a wonderful experience, she says. She now coordinates the final judging session. To listen, go to Scarlet Stiletto Bites: Scintillating stories by Australian women. Apple https://buff.ly/3oCL93T; Spotify: https://buff.ly/3ozTzZO; Google https://buff.ly/3BY8qk1; Amazon https://buff.ly/3oCLa7X. Posted by Carmel Shute.

Reminder: 2024 Penguin Literary Prize for an unpublished manuscript. $20,000 and the opportunity for the winner to publish with PRH AU. It is the richest prize for an unpublished manuscript in the Australian publishing industry. Closes on 11 December 2023 Entries https://buff.ly/3uKrhia Shortlist announced 9 March 2024; winner announced 6 June 2024. More info: https://buff.ly/47KISou Posted by Carmel Shute.

TV Show 435: The Killer (USA)
Solitary, cold, methodical, and unencumbered by scruples or regrets, a killer waits in the shadows, watching for his next target. Yet, the longer he waits, the more he thinks he's losing his mind, if not his cool. Michael Fassbinder stars as the hitman. When someone badly beats his girlfriend (Sophie Charlotte), the rules change. This film is now screening on Netflix. https://buff.ly/3qZzT2C Posted by Carmel Shute.

THE KILLER | Official Teaser Trailer | Netflix After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers and himself on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.Watch The Killer, in select th...

CorrectionVictoria. Thursday 7 December (NOT November), 6 pm. Open invitation to the launch of Deep in the Forest, the latest book by Sisters in Crime member and Walkley Award-winning journalist, Erina Reddan, just out with Pantera Press. Erina Reddan explores power, cults, and the need to belong in Deep in the Forest. She will be in conversation award-winning Macedon Ranges author Sonia Orchard. Club Sunbury. 49 Riddell Road Sunbury. Sponsored by Collins Booksellers Sunbury. Free but please book https://buff.ly/3t6RvL9 Posted by Carmel Shute.

TV Show 434: The Hunt for the Family Court Killer (Australia)
This four-part series on Ten (and then 10Play) starts on Thursday 7 December. Murder, terrorism, and assassinations re-examined by a tenacious female Chief Inspector. Told using a trove of archives together with a triple helix of perspectives of the victims, the policing, and the judiciary to access the socio-political contexts of the time, this powerful and engaging new series exposes a shocking chapter of Australian social history that has frightening relevance today. https://buff.ly/41da3pF Posted by Carmel Shute.

Victoria. Thursday 7 November, 6 pm. Open invitation to the launch of Deep in the Forest, the latest book by Sisters in Crime member and Walkley Award-winning journalist, Erina Reddan, just out with Pantera Press. Erina Reddan explores power, cults, and the need to belong in Deep in the Forest. She will be in conversation award-winning Macedon Ranges author Sonia Orchard. Club Sunbury. 49 Riddell Road Sunbury. Sponsored by Collins Booksellers Sunbury. Free but please book https://buff.ly/3t6RvL9 Posted by Carmel Shute.

Adelaide: Everyone is welcome at Sisters in Crime South Australia’s end-of-year Networking Drinks and Crime Quiz, 6.30 pm Wednesday 13 December at the Seven Stars Hotel, Angas Street, Adelaide. The cost includes a drink upon arrival (at the bar) and finger food (platters). We look forward to celebrating the end of the year with you! $20-25. Bookings: https://buff.ly/3t3hpPY Posted by Carmel Shute.

Sisters in Crime Ambassador, Sue Turnbull, was all over Radio National on the weekend - The Book Shelf on Saturday and Rear Vision yesterday on how Danish TV took over the world. In 2007 the Danish public broadcaster, DR, began producing serial crime dramas with a female detective in the lead. Set in a bleak social, and geographic landscapes, they addressed issues like immigration, child sexual abuse, and corruption. Known as Nordic Noir these dramas captured a global audience and have become the standard for quality TV. How did they do it? Sue knows a lot about this topic - her nook The TV Crime Drama and Transnational TV Crime: From the Nordic to the Outback is coming out next year. Posted by Carmel Shute.

How Danish TV took over the world - ABC listen In 2007 the Danish public broadcaster, DR began producing serial crime dramas with a female detective in the lead. Set in a bleak social, and geographic landscapes, they addressed issues like immigration, child sexual abuse, and corruption. Known as Nordic Noir these dramas captured a global audienc...

JOY-FM interviewed Sisters in Crime Secretary, Carmel Shute, for Take Me to Your Reader on Saturday. In the first 15 minutes, the two presenters Robert and Patsy discussed 'Point of View'. The other 45 minutes covered my early start in crime with the Famous Five, the Scarlet Stiletto Awards, and the current state of crime fiction. Patsy’s also read the first couple of pages of “Skin the Bone”, the 2023 trophy-winning story, by Romany Rzechowicz. https://buff.ly/3RsHCk8 Posted by Carmel Shute.

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Show 433: The Royal Hotel (Australia)
American best friends Hanna and Liv are backpacking in Australia and take a temporary live-in job in a remote outback mining town. Soon, they find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control. This psychological thriller film was directed by Kitty Green, who co-wrote the screenplay with Oscar Redding. Stars Julia Garner and Hugo Weaving. Screening nationally https://buff.ly/3GrATAM
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THE ROYAL HOTEL - Official Trailer Americans Hanna (Julia Garner) and Liv (Jessica Henwick) are best friends backpacking in Australia. After they run out of money, Liv, looking for an adventur...