WHY CRIME IS LIKE A BOX OF CIGGIES + 99c MYSTERY Best-selling crime writer and fellow Aussie Michael Robotham once told a crowd at the Byron Bay Writers’ Festival that in an industry that reveres literature, being a crime writer was a lot like being a smoker on the balcony at a party. Sure, everyone… Read More Why Crime is Like a Box of Ciggies
Sleuths might have noticed that my Agatha Christie Book Club series vanished from the face of the earth recently. So where did it go?… Read More The Case of the Missing Book Club
When it comes to my all-new amateur sleuths series, there’s good news and bad (plus SEVEN x 99c mysteries to make up for the bad!)… Read More Good News & Bad (+ 99c Mysteries)
Last year I put out a call for weird and wonderful names for my new crime series, and here are the 6 winning entries…… Read More Did YOUR Name Make My New Mystery? + 99c eBook
No one will be too sorry to see the back end of 2020, and my family is no exception. Here’s my End of Year review and a flash book sale to celebrate 2021 (bring it on!)… Read More Good Riddance 2020, Hello Half-Price Mysteries 🙂
When I wrote my first crime novel 20 years ago, I was keen to give my readers a true Aussie experience. Little did I know it would become a whole new genre…… Read More Forget Nordic Noir, Outback Noir is Killin’ It!
The Vera author on why she’s glad it took 20 years to find success, on not being a book snob, and her dislike of Agatha Christie (say, wha?!)…… Read More The Vera Author on Kindness, Success & the Problem with Agatha Christie
This month I review a real-life Victorian “Closed Manor” murder mystery that shocked England and sparked our fascination for detective fiction…… Read More Push Over Poirot—The 1st Real Detective (Book Review)