Clan Destine Press Blog — Sisters in Crime

This is news worth repeating: Sisters in Crime Australia's 28th Scarlet Stiletto Awards sets a prize money record. And the Clan Destine Press Cross-Genre Award is now $750. The annual Scarlet Stiletto Awards for best short crime and mystery stories by women writers is this year offering record $11,910 in prizes this year. “We’re thrilled that all but one sponsor has continued their support despite these financially fraught times – and that two new supporters have come on board.” The Viliama Grakalic Art and Crime Award ($750) is named in honour of the late artist, and long-time member, who bequeathed...

Three new novels – Rose Carlyle’s The Girl in the Mirror, Sally Hepworth’s The Good Sister and Sonya Bates’ Inheritance of Secrets – all explore sisters who are variously sinister, secretive or strange, especially when they happen to be twins. The authors of these new books will reveal all in an online conversation with Maggie Baron, meanwhile we will reveal a little bit more right here. Twisted Twins, Twisted Sisters, Twisted Crimes The twins in The Girl in the Mirror, Rose’s debut crime novel, are identical and beautiful, but beyond what the eye can see lies a darkness that sets them apart. Once a crazy...