Emma Viskic, Dinuka McKenzie, Charity Norman & Helen Fitzgerald in conversation with Craig Sisterson. All contributed to the anthology DARK DEEDS DOWN UNDER 2.

DARK DEEDS DOWN UNDER 2 features a cohort of criminally good Australian and New Zealand crime and mystery writers. Once again we have a mix of legendary figures, award-winners, bestsellers, and an array of fresh perspectives and rising stars.
Spend time with 22 of your favourite Aussie and Kiwi authors and characters, and meet some cracking new heroes and antiheroes - all while you travel the urban and rural landscapes of two stunning countries.
You'll travel from the seething underbellies of our cosmopolitan cities to isolated North Island communities or the dusty Outback; from ocean-carved coasts or craggy mountains into times past, present and future.This time the edgy dark deeds are perpetrated by:
Emma Viskic - Malla Nunn - Jack Heath - Charity Norman - Natalie Conyer - Ren Hobson - Jennifer Lane - Helen Fitzgerald - Peter Papathanasiou - Chad Taylor - Andi C Buchanan - Anna Downes - Shelley Burne-Field - Ashley Kalagian Blunt - Robert Gott - Dani Vee - Stephen Johnson - Michael Botur - Rene. And three Aussie legends of the genre: Jean Bedford - Dorothy Porter - Peter Corris

Recommendations
Doug Johnstone, Denise Mina, Southern Cross Crime, Malla Nunn, Paul Cleave, Michael Bennett, Catherine Chidgey, Sarah Bailey, Hayley Scrivenor, JP Pomare.

Craig Sisterson is a features writer and crime fiction expert from New Zealand who writes for newspapers and magazines in several countries. In recent years he's interviewed hundreds of crime writers and talked about the genre on national radio, top podcasts, and onstage at festivals on three continents. He's been a judge of the McIlvanney Prize and Ned Kelly Awards, and is founder of the Ngaio Marsh Awards and co-founder of Rotorua Noir. He lives in London with his daughter. He is the author of SOUTHERN CROSS CRIME: The Pocket Essentials Guide to the Crime Fiction, Film & TV of Australia & New Zealand.

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