News and Events

The second volume of Dark Deeds Down Under hit the shelves last week. Edited by Craig Sisterton, it’s a smorgasbord of short stories by Australian and New Zealand authors, including one by yours truly starring my new homicide detective, Jackie Rose. For more...

I'm thrilled to announce I've signed on with Echo Publishing, who will produce the second novel in the Schalk Lourens/Jackie Rose series, and who have commissioned a third book as well. You can expect Shadow City next year... I haven't left Clan Destine Press, however...

Terror Australis, Tasmania's readers and writers festival, is only four weeks away now, and I'm part of it, along with some famous international names - Ann Cleeves, Garry Disher, Vanda Symon - and many of my wonderful crime writing friends. I'll be discussing all...

I'm thrilled to announce that my short story, titled Alys, has won a prize in this year's Scarlet Stiletto competition, run by Sisters in Crime Australia. You can read it, and the other winning entries, as an e-book, The Fourteenth Cut, on Kindle and elsewhere....

There's a new 'books-to-read' site called Shepherd and they asked me to pick a subject and nominate five favourite books on that subject. I chose crime novels with flawed detectives. Here are my favourites...I'd love to hear about yours. You can find my reasons for...

  Have a look at this anthology of crime short stories by some of Australia's top writers. The stories are set in Australia and feature some of these writers' best-loved characters. I must admit to a selfish reason for posting news of this anthology: ;it's the...

I'm so excited, and proud, that The Séance won this prize.  The story will feature in The Thirteenth Cut, an anthology of this year's Scarlet Stiletto winners. I'll let you know when it's out and where you can get it.  

I'm delighted to announce that Penguin Random House is going to publish Present Tense in South Africa. South Africans haven't been able to get hold of the book yet, and I'm glad that it will soon be read in its 'home country'.

The round-up of May reading in the Crime fiction site Murder, Mayhem and Long Dogs gives Present Tense a great rap and a four-star review, and puts it in great company. Read the review here:...

  The Only One in the World is an anthology of stories imagining Sherlock Holmes and his off-sider, John Watson, in different places and times, even as different genders. My story, The Adventure of the Disappearing Village, is set in the world of folk-tale Chelm,...

Last year I was invited to submit a story for a new Sherlock Holmes anthology. The brief was to imagine Sherlock in another time, another gender, or another place.  The wait is nearly over - the book is coming out in April. It's titled The Only One in the World, and...

  Last month, I was interviewed by South African journalist and author Joanne Hichens. The interview's in this months edition of The Big Thrill, journal of The International Thriller Writers. It's a great piece - thank you very much, Joanne!...