Coming into the holiday season, long hot summer days demand something to read while we lie around waiting for that cool breeze! What better than a gripping crime thriller or murder mystery?

The next four posts will be stories from some of the country’s top crime writers. Let me know if you want more!

Outback noir! Simon, a naïve backpacker, meets the much more worldly wise Maggie in Melbourne and they set off to explore the wilder places of Australia. Maggie proves to be the more resourceful of the two when Simon mysteriously disappears and she is pushed to extremes to survive an horrific situation.

The Read

The Interview

Recorded at BAD Crime Writers Festival Sydney 2023