Sarah Bailey and Mark Brandi

When Double Book Club returns in September, we’ll bring crime to your lunchtime. Well, crime fiction, anyway. 

Mark Brandi’s bestselling debut novel, Wimmera,  won the coveted British Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger, and was named Best Debut at the 2018 Australian Indie Book Awards. His new novel, The Rip, is a departure. It’s about a young woman sleeping rough, it’s set in inner-Melbourne and it draws on Brandi’s own experience from working in the criminal justice system.

Sarah Bailey is the author of three riveting crime novels, all starring the young detective sergeant Gemma Woodstock. The first, The Dark Lake (2017) won both the Ned Kelly Award and the Sisters in Crime Davitt Award for a debut crime novel. The third novel in the series, Where the Dead Go, was released recently after much anticipation, and sees Gemma investigating a murder in a small coastal town. 

Meet two talented Australian crime writers for a fascinating hour-long conversation, hosted by crime-fiction buff Christian White. Then flee the scene. 

Can’t make it in person? Watch and participate from wherever you are – the event will be live-streamed on this page, and you can sign up for reminders here.

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Hill of Content will be our bookseller for this event.