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Join two of the world’s leading thriller writers, Val McDermid and Michael Robotham,
for an intriguing conversation about psychology and crime. Val, whose
novels hold us captive time and time again, will explore her recent
novel, The Skeleton Road,
featuring Detective Karen Pirie in an investigation into old conflicts,
false identities and buried secrets.
Val McDermid is queen of the psychological thriller. She is a No.
1 bestseller whose novels have been translated into over thirty languages
and have sold over eleven million copies. She has won many awards
internationally, including the CWA
Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year and the LA Times Book of the
Year Award. She was inducted into the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards Hall of
Fame in 2009 and was the recipient of the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for
2010. In 2011 she received the Lambda Literary Foundation Pioneer Award.
Michael Robotham’s tense psychological thrillers include Lost, The Suspect, The Night Ferry, Shatter, Bleed For Me, The Wreckage, Say You’re Sorry, Watching You and the
recent Life or
Death. Previously a successful investigative reporter in the
UK and Europe and later a Sunday
Times bestselling ghost-writer, Michael’s novels have won
many admirers including Stephen King, Peter James and of course, Val
McDermid. He has been shortlisted for the UK Steel Dagger and won the Ned
Kelly for best crime novel twice.
'Val McDermid, what a diva of crime! ... an acute and credible
psychological thriller.' - Sunday Examiner on The Vanishing Point
'As ever, McDermid's gift for taking ordinary, everyday events and
giving them a sinister twist, plus her keen observations of human nature,
make for a truly gripping tale..' - Sunderland Echo on Cross and Burn
When
Monday 29 September, 7pm - 8pm
Where
Eternity Playhouse | 39 Burton St, Darlinghurst
Price
$28 ($23 concession)
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