• Check-Out Time by Rowena Helston
    Apr 4 2025

    “Check-Out Time”, the short story by Sydneysider, Rowena Helston, won the prize for Best Investigation in Sisters in Crime’s 2009 Scarlet Stiletto Awards. Rowena trained as a criminal lawyer and currently works in legal research. After winning the Scarlet Stiletto award, she studied at the Faber Academy at Allen & Unwin and completed a novel, Bellwater Proof. She publishes her creative writing and artistic work on her website at www.rowenahelston.com . Send your feedback to admin@sistersincrime.org.au

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    Concept designer, co-producer, and narrator: Susanna Lobez

    Co-producer: Carmel Shute

    Production Manager: Tim Coy

    Graphic Designer: Caz Brown

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    37 mins
  • Milko by Moraig Kisler
    Mar 28 2025

    Moraig Kisler took out the prize for Best New Talent in Sisters in Crime’s Scarlet Stiletto Awards in 2013 for her short story, “Milko”. Moraig is a retired law clerk and a convenor of Sisters in Crime Australia. While studying an Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT, Moraig began writing a crime novel The Saltworks. She dabbles in short stories and micro fiction but is always drawn to the dark side. Send your feedback to admin@sistersincrime.org.au

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    Concept designer, co-producer, and narrator: Susanna Lobez

    Co-producer: Carmel Shute

    Production Manager: Tim Coy

    Graphic Designer: Caz Brown

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    27 mins
  • Mary's Colours by Vicky Daddo
    Mar 21 2025

    Vicky Daddo won 2nd prize in Sisters in Crime’s Scarlet Stiletto Awards in 2013 for her short story, “Mary's Colours”. Vicky writes long and short fiction. She enters the Scarlet Stiletto awards every year and her 2013 second place, was the second time she had been among the prize-winners, cementing her love of writing crime. She is currently writing a cosy mystery novel. Send your feedback to admin@sistersincrime.org.au More info here. https://vickydaddo.com/

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    Concept designer, co-producer, and narrator: Susanna Lobez

    Co-producer: Carmel Shute

    Production Manager: Tim Coy

    Graphic Designer: Caz Brown

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    23 mins
  • The Case of the Missing Husband by Aoife Clifford
    Mar 14 2025

    Aoife [Ee-fa] Clifford won the Scarlet Stiletto Award in 2007 and then continued to take out numerous category awards, including the runner-up prize for The Body in the Library Award in 2013. To hear Susanna Lobez’s superlative narration go to Apple https://buff.ly/3oCL93T; Spotify: https://buff.ly/3ozTzZO; Google https://buff.ly/3BY8qk1; or Amazon https://buff.ly/3oCLa7X. Aoife is now the author of the best-selling literary crime novels, Second Sight, highly commended in the Davitt Awards, All These Perfect Strangers, longlisted for both the ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and the Voss Literary Prize; and When We Fall which was shortlisted for best crime novel in both the Ned Kelly Awards and the Davitt Awards. Her latest novel is It Takes a Town. She has been shortlisted for the UK Crime Association’s Debut Dagger and has won the S.D. Harvey Award among other prizes.

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    Concept designer, co-producer, and narrator: Susanna Lobez

    Co-producer: Carmel Shute

    Production Manager: Tim Coy

    Graphic Designer: Caz Brown

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    38 mins
  • The Body in the Library by Dawn Farnham
    Mar 7 2025

    The Body in the Library’ won the eponymous prize in the 2013 Scarlet Stiletto awards for WA author Dawn Farnham. She has published numerous short stories and historical novels and recently received a starred review by US Publisher’s Weekly for her 2023 historical detective novel, Tokyo Time.

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    Concept designer, co-producer, and narrator: Susanna Lobez

    Co-producer: Carmel Shute

    Production Manager: Tim Coy

    Graphic Designer: Caz Brown

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    33 mins
  • Service With a Smile by Emilie Collyer
    Feb 28 2025

    Emilie Collyer’s story, “Service with a Smile", took out the Scarlet Stiletto Cross Genre award in 2013. Emilie writes poetry, plays and prose. She has publicised and produced widely in Australia and internationally. He poetry collection, “Do you have anything less domestic?” ( Vagabond Press 2022) won the inaugural Five Islands Press Prize for a first book. Clan Destine Press published her collection, “A Clean Job and Other Stories”, in 2014. More info here: www.emiliecollyer.com

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    Concept designer, co-producer, and narrator: Susanna Lobez

    Co-producer: Carmel Shute

    Production Manager: Tim Coy

    Graphic Designer: Caz Brown

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    41 mins
  • Lilly Pilly Don't be Silly by Nikki Lee
    Dec 14 2024

    Nikki Lee Taylor won the 31st Scarlet Stiletto Award for “Lilly Pilly, Don't Be Silly.” She is a former journalist, whose work around PTSD was recognised by the Journalism Media & Storytelling Awards panel. She is currently on a hiatus from work to pursue her goal of becoming a full-time author. Her novels include two set in Philadelphia, The Secrets We Keep and The Truth We Tell. She describes her latest, The Alibi set in Newcastle, as “a murderous love letter to my home town.” When Nikki is not writing, she is an avid photographer and competes in various disciplines of canine sports with her cocker spaniel Saxon.

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    Concept designer, co-producer, and narrator: Susanna Lobez

    Co-producer: Carmel Shute

    Production Manager: Tim Coy

    Graphic Designer: Caz Brown

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    25 mins
  • Fallen Angel by Candice Graham
    Dec 13 2024

    Candice Graham won the Best Environmental Story in the 2012 Scarlet Stiletto Awards with “Fallen Angel”. Back then, she was studying her Masters in Clinical Neuropsychology. The following year she took out First Prize, Since then, Candice has spent many rewarding years working as a psychologist, primarily with children and young adults. Sadly, Candice has stepped back from her work as a psychologist due to severe pain from endometriosis. She believes the time feels right, however, to start writing the multitude of novels brimming in her mind… Send your feedback to admin@sistersincrime.org.au.

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    Concept designer, co-producer, and narrator: Susanna Lobez

    Co-producer: Carmel Shute

    Production Manager: Tim Coy

    Graphic Designer: Caz Brown

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    42 mins