
- 348 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Thirty years of silver blades, scarlet stains and the most elegant of heels.
Thirty years of slipping in the knife, tightening the noose, measuring out the poison.
Thirty years of whispered threats and tangled plots, of murder and mayhem.
For thirty years, the annual Scarlet Stiletto women's crime and mystery short story competition - run by Sisters in Crime Australia - has uncovered dreadful deeds, righteous revenge, deadly high-jinks and wicked shenanigans, all while shining a light on the emerging and seasoned talent of Australian women who've taken to a life writing crime.
Celebrate this great competition's 30th anniversary with the gorgeous pearls that are the Scarlet Stiletto's First Prize winners, from 1994 to 2023, and discover why it's criminal what a girl has to do, to get a good read.
The winning perpetrators are: Cate Kennedy, Christina Lee, Siobhan Mullany, Janis Spehr, Josephine Pennicott, Roxxy Bent, Jacqui Horwood, Liz Filleul, Julie Waight, Aoiffe Clifford, Evelyn Tsitas, Amanda Wrangles, Ellie Marney, Angela Savage, Candice Graham, Judith Bridge, TJ Hamilton, Ruth Wykes, Rowena Harding-Smith, Philomena Horsley, Blanche Clark, Jessica Southern Reid, Hayley Young, Fin J. Ross, and Romany Rzechowicz.
"Crime and mystery short stories of startling originality; and a grim warning of what evil lurks in Australian suburbia." - Kerry Greenwood, Sponsor of the Malice Domestic Award.
Frequently asked questions
- Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
- Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Information
Table of contents
- In the Beginning
- 1994 - Everything $2 on the Rack
- 1995 - Habit
- 1996 - Luisa
- 1997 - Floating in a Live Circuit
- 1998 - Thursday Night at the Opera
- 1999 - Vermin
- 2000 - Dead Woman in the Water
- 2001 - Birthing the Demons
- 2002 - Pecking Order
- 2003 - Slasher’s Return
- 2004 - Brought to Book
- 2005 - Dust Devils
- 2006 - Mrs Wilcox’s Milk Saucepan
- 2007 - Kill-Dead-Garten
- 2008 - Undeceive
- 2009 - Persia Bloom
- 2010 - Tallow
- 2011 - The Teardrop Tattoos
- 2012 - Shadows
- 2013 - Bunyip’s Last Wish
- 2014 - Amy’s Sandal
- 2015 - Hard Knox
- 2016 - Stone Cold
- 2017 - Locked Out, Locked In, Locked Up
- 2018 - Darkness in the Port
- 2019 - At Length I Would Be Avenged
- 2020 - Death in the Skies
- 2021 - Monster Hunters
- 2022 - Tuesday Jocks
- 2023 - Skin and Bone
- About the Authors
- 2016 - The Silver Stiletto - Diving for Pearls