All Blog Posts Tagged 'Lindy' (6)

Review - Scarlet Stiletto - The First Cut (edited by Lindy Cameron for Sisters in Crime Australia)

Book Title: SCARLET STILETTO - THE FIRST CUT

Edited by: Lindy Cameron

ISBN: 9780987160362

Publisher: Clan Destine Press

Year of Publication: 2011

Scarlet Stiletto The First Cut presents a superb collection of spine-chilling crime fiction stories culled from the annual Scarlet Stiletto Awards hosted by Sisters in Crime Australia.

You’ll find the whole gamut from murder and mayhem to police procedurals and crime in verse. Some will have your blood…

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Added by Karen from AustCrime on December 13, 2011 at 2:54pm — No Comments

The Dingo Baby case, Part One

One of the most common complaints about mystery novels is that they’re unrealistic. It’s just not believable, the nay-sayers say, for an amateur sleuth to solve a crime that baffles the experts. But a 1980s case from the Australian Outback shows the assumptions upon which that claim is based, and disproves them.

Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is a huge sandstone…

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Added by J. Gunnar Grey on May 8, 2011 at 3:52am — No Comments

Review - Bold Blood, Lindy Kelly

Book Title: BOLD BLOOD

Author: Lindy Kelly

Publisher: Harper Collins

Copyright: 2009

ISBN: 978-1-86950-733-6

No of Pages: 288

Book Synopsis:

When Dr Caitlin Summerfield took the message, her satisfying life included a rich, sexy boyfriend, an exciting career and, best of all, she was free of the emotional maelstrom that characterised her disastrous relationship with her mother.

Her father and brother are both long dead, and reluctantly… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on January 27, 2011 at 11:50am — No Comments

Review - Golden Relic, Lindy Cameron

Book Title: GOLDEN RELIC

Author: Lindy Cameron

Publisher: Clan Destine Press

Copyright: 2010

ISBN: ebook

Book Synopsis:

When Professor Lloyd Marsden is found murdered in the Museum of Victoria, Special Detective Sam Diamond is assigned to catch the killer. Thrown into a world of obsessive collectors, strange poisons, funerary rites and ancient artefacts, Sam’s photographic memory and cryptic crossword skills are invaluable tools in her… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on May 24, 2010 at 5:34pm — No Comments

Review - Women Who Kill, Lindy Cameron & Ruth Wykes

Book Title: WOMEN WHO KILL

Author: Lindy Cameron & Ruth Wykes

Publisher: Five Mile Press

Copyright: 2010

ISBN: 978-1-74211-460-6

No of Pages: 250

Book Synopsis:

Women Who Kill explores more than a dozen cases of murder in Australia and New Zealand where women have taken the lives of loved ones and total strangers for the thrill of it.

True Crime writers Lindy Cameron and Ruth Wykes examine the evidence and look inside the hearts and minds of… Continue

Added by Karen from AustCrime on May 18, 2010 at 12:40pm — No Comments

Comparison (with reviews) of example NZ and US bestseller crime fiction (suspense with some romance subgenre)

This blog post is reprinted from: http://kiwicrime.blogspot.com/2009/08/reviews-of-bold-blood-and-fat-tuesday.html Please come and visit the "Crime Watch" blog for regular news, musings, and updates relating to NZ and international crime/thriller fiction...

Further to my post on Thursday about putting some of my reviews of Kiwi crime fiction on this blog, that aren't otherwise available online, here is another couple of… Continue

Added by Craig Sisterson on August 22, 2009 at 3:33pm — No Comments