Show Notes
In our second episode we review: Bad Neighbours by Joanna Jenkins and The Cursed Road by Laura McCluskey
And we recommend two books from New Zealand: Dead Girl Gone by Gareth Ward and Lousie Ward and Slash by Gavin Strawhan.
We talk about the Theakston’s Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival, our picks from the long list for New Zealand’s Ngaio Marsh Awards for Crime Fiction and the Short List for this Year’s Ned Kelly Award for best Crime Fiction Debut.
We also have details of the Sisters in Crime Davitt Award Night which will be in Melbourne on 12 September 2026 - you can get tickets at this link: https://sistersincrime.org.au/davitt-awards-2026/
This is the final week to enter the Sisters in Crime 2026 Scarlet Stiletto short story award - entry details can be found at this link: https://sistersincrime.org.au/scarlet-stiletto-awards-how-to-enter/
All of Robert’s book reviews can be found at www.pilebythebed.com
Some of the many other books mentioned in this episode:
How to Kill a Client by Joanne Jenkins The Bluff by Joanna Jenkins Finding the Bones by Natalie Conyer The Last King of the Cross by John Ibrahim King of the Cross by Mark Dapin Iris by Fiona McGregor The Wolf Tree by Laura McLuskey Cold River by Margaret Hickey The Lost Man by Jane Harper Cormac Reilly series by Dervla McTiernan Murder in the Pacific series by Matt Francis A Bad Bad Place by Frances Crawford The Deadly Dispute by Amanda Hampson Lucky Thing by Tom Bagwarnath Carved in Blood by Michael Bennett Softly Calls the Devil by Chris Blake A Beautiful Family by Jennifer Trevelyan Hades by Candice Fox In Bloom by Liz Allan The Butterfly Women by Madeleine Cleary The Peak by Sam Guthrie Malaleuca by Angie Faye Martin The Wolf Tree by Laura McCluskey The Wykehamist by Alexandra Strnad Tea Cake and Death by Gareth Ward and Louise Ward Murder and Mojitos by Gareth Ward and Louise Ward The Call by Gavin Strawhan
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In Episode 6 of Crime Fiction Down Under we talk about: Red Queen - the TV adaptation of Juan Gomez-Jurado’s trilogy of thrillers (Amazon Prime) Law the Podcast hosted by former Supreme Court judge Lex Lasry AM and barrister Greg Barnes SC We review: The Shark by Emma Styles (4:48) The Doubles by Jacob P Gallagher (9:26) We talk about The BAD Sydney crime writers festival which is being held on the 20th and 21st of November (15:35) More information and tickets can be found at badsydney.com Our recommendations from the wider world of crime fiction this week are: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennet (17:24) We Chase Shadows by Richard Osman (20:23) You can follow and get in touch with us on our Facebook page which is Crime Fiction Down Under: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1GYvsdyrpc/ And all of Robert’s reviews can be found at: www.pilebythebed.com Other books mentioned in the podcast: Red Queen Series by Juan Gomez-Jurado:Red Queen Black Wolf White King
Episode 5 of Crime Fiction Down Under features some heavy hitters of the Australian crime fiction scene. We talk about new crime TV: Slow Horses (Apple TV) Treasure and Dirt (ABC) We review and discuss: Full Circle by Chris Hammer Tell Me Something True by Michael Robotham And we recommend: A Killing in Lagos by Amen Alonge The Man Who Died Seven Times by Yasuhiko Nishizawa
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