Southern Cross Crime

Michael Robotham, Craig Sisterson

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Old Castle
15 September 2020

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Australian and New Zealand crime and thriller writing is booming globally, with antipodean authors regularly featuring on awards and bestseller lists across Europe and North America, and overseas readers and publishers looking more and more to tales from lands Down Under.

Hailing from two sparsely populated nations on the far edge of the former Empire - neighbours that are siblings in spirit, vastly different in landscape - Australian and New Zealand crime writers offer readers a blend of exotic and familiar, seasoned by distinctive senses of place, outlook, and humour, and roots that trace to the earliest days of our genre.

Southern Cross Crime is the first comprehensive guide to modern Australian and New Zealand crime writing. From coastal cities to the Outback, leading critic Craig Sisterson showcases key titles from more than 200 storytellers, plus screen dramas ranging from Mystery Road to Top of the Lake. Fascinating insights are added through in-depth interviews with some of the prime suspects who paved the way or instigated the global boom, including Jane Harper, Michael Robotham, Paul Cleave, Emma Viskic, Paul Thomas, and Candice Fox.

'This groundbreaking and eye-opening guide to crime fiction in Australia and New Zealand reveals there is a lot more talent in both countries beyond that of Peter Temple, Jane Harper and Ngaio Marsh. Jon Cleary, Garry Disher, Emma Viskic, Paul Thomas and Vanda Symon are some of the names that deserve to be better known on this side of the world. As Michael Robotham (born in New South Wales) says in his introduction: 'You want bodies? Start digging.'' - The Times

Foreword by: Michael Robotham
Edited by: Craig Sisterson
Imprint: Old Castle
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
Weight: 184g
ISBN: 9780857304001
ISBN 10: 0857304003
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 15 September 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Southern Cross Crime

Groundbreaking and eye-opening -- Mark Sanderson * Times * Southern Cross Crime is informative, knowledgeable, wide ranging. If you have any ideas about writing a crime novel you need to read it, if you enjoy reading crime novels, you need to read it, if you simply love reading, you need to read it. This is not a dry as dust tome - the writer's encyclopaedic knowledge is carried lightly... a box of the finest literary chocolates -- RenA (c)e Taylor * RenA (c)e's Wednesday Busk * A valuable and illuminative resource for crime fiction fans everywhere * Book'd Out *