Podcast: Margaret Hickey on the Rise of Australian Rural Crime Fiction

Podcast: Margaret Hickey on the Rise of Australian Rural Crime Fiction

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Bestselling author Margaret Hickey talks to Cheryl about the rise of rural crime fiction and how the Australian landscape inspires her writing. Her latest novel, Stone Town, is out now.

About the author:

Margaret Hickey is an award-winning author and playwright from North East Victoria. She has a PhD in Creative Writing and is deeply interested in rural lives and communities. She is the author of Cutters End and Stone Town.

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Your Preview Verdict: Stone Town by Margaret Hickey

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1 August 2022

Your Preview Verdict: Stone Town by Margaret Hickey

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    18 July 2022

    Pitch Perfect Outback Noir: Read an Extract from Stone Town by Margaret Hickey

      5 Quick Questions with Margaret Hickey, Author of Stone Town

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      14 July 2022

      5 Quick Questions with Margaret Hickey, Author of Stone Town

        Captivating Rural Crime: Read Our Review of Stone Town by Margaret Hickey

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        13 July 2022

        Captivating Rural Crime: Read Our Review of Stone Town by Margaret Hickey

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                  Publisher details

                  Stone Town
                  Author
                  Margaret Hickey
                  Publisher
                  Penguin
                  Genre
                  Fiction
                  Released
                  01 July, 2022
                  ISBN
                  9780143777274

                  Synopsis

                  Stone Town is captivating new rural crime drama from the author of the bestselling Cutters End.With its gold-rush history long in the past, Stone Town has seen better days. And it’s now in the headlines for all the wrong reasons . . .When three teenagers stumble upon a body in dense bushland one rainy Friday night, Senior Sergeant Mark Ariti’s hopes for a quiet posting in his old home town are shattered. The victim is Aidan Sleeth, a property developer, whose controversial plan to buy up local land means few are surprised he ended up dead.However, his gruesome murder is overshadowed by a mystery consuming the entire nation: the disappearance of Detective Sergeant Natalie Whitsed.Natalie had been investigating the celebrity wife of crime boss Tony ‘The Hook’ Scopelliti when she vanished. What did she uncover? Has it cost her her life? And why are the two Homicide detectives, sent from the city to run the Sleeth case, so obsessed with Natalie’s fate?Following a late-night call from his former boss, Mark is sure of one thing: he’s now in the middle of a deadly game . . .
                  Margaret Hickey
                  About the author

                  Margaret Hickey

                  Margaret Hickey is an award-winning author and playwright from North East Victoria. She has a PhD in Creative Writing and is deeply interested in rural lives and communities.

                  Books by Margaret Hickey

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