Homegrown Thrillers - Nicola Moriarty, Anna Snoekstra, Sarah Barrie & Wendy James

Nicola Moriarty, Anna Snoekstra, Sarah Barrie & Wendy James come together to discuss their latest electrifying novels and the writing life with BAD19 Crime Writers' Festival co-organiser Catherine Du Peloux Menage. If you're a fan of domestic noir, psychological thrillers or gothic suspense, these fantastic authors have got you covered!

About the Authors & their Books

Nicola Moriarty is the bestselling author of The Fifth Letter. In her new novel, The Ex, girl meets boy, they fall in love. There's just one problem... She wants him back. She wants you gone. The Ex is a twisty, pacy, and riveting read that explores the baggage we carry from our past relationships and asks how well can you ever really know someone.

Sarah Barrie is a master of suspenseful stories set in rural settings. Her new novel, Devil’s Lair, is taut psychological suspense set in a dramatic Tasmanian landscape. With a lonely widow, a sinister act, and a remote mansion with a dark past, this gloriously gothic story is as addictive as they come.

Anna Snoekstra is the bestselling author of Little Secrets and Mercy Point. In The Spite Game, Ava is mercilessly bullied in high school. She knows she needs to put the past behind her and move on, but she can't - not until she's exacted precise, catastrophic revenge on the people who hurt her the most. But maybe those same people are ready to play her game - and win.

Wendy James is the celebrated author of eight novels, including the bestselling The Mistake and the compelling The Golden Child, which was shortlisted for the 2017 Ned Kelly Award for crime. Her debut novel, Out of the Silence, won the 2006 Ned Kelly Award for First Crime Novel. In her gripping new novel, The Accusation, eighteen-year-old Ellie Canning is found shivering and barely conscious on a country road. Her bizarre story of kidnap and escape enthrals the nation. Is she telling the truth? Who would do such a thing? And why?