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Sherryl Clark

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Some of my first short stories were crime fiction, and although in the last 20 years I have focused a lot more on writing children's and YA books, I've kept going with my crime writing. The first two novels are now stowed somewhere in the back of my filing cabinet!
But "Trust Me, I'm Dead", first draft written in 2009, was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger and then published by Verve Books in the UK. What a journey with that novel. I love the character, a grumpy woman (secretly modelled on a young Judi Dench), and couldn't let go of the story. Nine drafts later ...
More about my crime writing and books at www.sherrylclarkcrimewriter.com

I have been writing poems and stories for over twenty-five years, and have two collections of poetry pub
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Sherryl Clark I'd love to live on the Yorkshire Dales and around the NE where some of my favourite crime novels are set (Vera series, books by Peter Robinson etc). …moreI'd love to live on the Yorkshire Dales and around the NE where some of my favourite crime novels are set (Vera series, books by Peter Robinson etc). I'd walk from coast to coast along Hadrian's Wall and imagine what it was like in Roman times (Vindolanda).(less)
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"I love this series but this book was just not good. The mystery moved so slow at the beginning (the agency aren’t even involve for 100+ pages!) and I was about 600 pages in before I started to really feel invested in it. Plus the detecting was not ne" Read more of this review »
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Loved the main character in this (and the head butting). I also really liked how she empowered the local women, and portrayed what a small community is like so well. Very good addition to the library of Australian and NZ women crime writers!
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Really enjoyed this. The characters are very different, which is hard to do successfully, and there are lots of unexpected twists and turns and plot reveals.
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Mad, Bad and Dead by Sherryl Clark
"Well written with a fast paced and gripping storyline and well developed characters. This book was twisty and unpredictable and I couldn't out it down. I loved it."
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"I would like to thank Netgalley and Oldcastle Books for an advance copy of Mad, Bad and Dead, the third novel to feature Judi Westerholme set in the fictional Australian country town of Candlebark, Victoria.

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After the Thursday Murder Club I am sure a lot of readers are looking for more humorous fiction, and this is it. It's set in Melbourne, and Jac is in the middle of a mess - husband having an affair, business going down the tubes and troubled stepson ...more
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Many years ago, I went to a museum that had an earthquake simulation exhibit, where you stood on a platform and hit a switch and the platform moved around like it would in an earthquake. It was pretty scary, and I’ve never forgotten it. So the idea o ...more
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