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Scrublands published in Italy

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Scrublands has been published in Italy this week by the wonderful Neri Pozza press. It’s called ‘Scrublands Noir’ and is presented with this wonderfully minimalist cover. Huge thanks to all concerned, especially translators Annamaria Biavasco and Valentina Guani. Such an amazing skill! Crime website Contorni di Noir says: “Supported by magnificent prose and a fast pace, Scrublands noir places Chris Hammer among the most original contemporary authors of noir and… Read More »Scrublands published in Italy

Crime Book of the Year!

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Excellent news from the UK! Silver has been named a Times/Sunday Times Crime Book of the Year for 2020. This is a great honour, and follows on from Scrublands being named a Crime Book of the Year for 2019. Huge thanks to UK publishers Headline/Wildfire who have done so much to promote the book. Here’s the whole list. You can Silver is in some pretty good company. Troubled Blood by… Read More »Crime Book of the Year!

First Review

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The first review in mainstream Australian media: The Weekend Australian October 10th, three days before publication. A huge thanks to Robyn Walton (mysteriously given the by-line ‘Dalton’ here) for such a positive review. She says, among other thing: “Chris Hammer has excelled himself with Trust.” And “Hammer…delivers a thriller strong on character development, social insights and ethical issues as well as dramatic action.”

Book of the Month

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LoveReading styles itself as the UK’s leading book recommendation website, so I’m very happy and grateful that the team there has chosen Silver as one of its six books of the month. Great timing with Silver published in paperback in the UK. Here’s what the site’s Reviews Editor Liz Robsinson writes: “A cracking and class-act of a crime novel stuffed full of atmosphere and detail which skilfully sits alongside a… Read More »Book of the Month

A Scrublands read-along!

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This is such a good idea – I haven’t heard of it before. The Tandem Collective has organised a read-along of Scrublands, lasting a week, with targets for each day. This is happening in the UK. As I understand it, many of those participating are booksagrammers and other high profile readers. I’ll be interested to see what they think about it!

Free Audible audiobook

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Scrublands is Audible Australia’s Editor’s Choice for August – which means it’s free to download for members. Link here. Read by the amazing Dorje Swallow – hope you can enjoy this!

Tomorrow’s Biggest Books

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Still more than two months to Trust’s publication day in Australia, but already there is a sense of building momentum. Apple Books have included it in their big annual pre-order promotion ‘Tomorrow’s Biggest Books’, where Trust finds itself in the ‘Blockbuster Fiction’ category. No kidding. That has to be a good omen, right? Big thanks to Apple. Link here. Some other great books to be found there as well, so… Read More »Tomorrow’s Biggest Books

Cover revealed for Trust

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Allen & Unwin have finalised the cover for Trust, my new crime thriller featuring Martin Scarsden and Mandalay Blonde. It’s another beauty from designer Luke Causby, who also created the covers for all the Australian editions of Scrublands and Silver. Trust will be published on October 13th in Australia and New Zealand. I’m hoping to get out and about a bit to publicise it, but guess the pandemic is going… Read More »Cover revealed for Trust

The Strand – shortlisted!

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Excellent news out of the US! Scrublands has been shortlisted for the best debut novel of 2019 in the prestigious The Strand Magazine Awards. I’m in some great company – see here. Congratulations to Jane Harper; The Lost Man is shortlisted for the best mystery novel of 2019. It’s very pleasing to see Scrublands getting some recognition in America, where it hasn’t had the same impact as in Australia, Britain,… Read More »The Strand – shortlisted!

Sydney Writers’ Festival

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The Sydney Writers’ Festival has pushed on with virtual sessions, including podcasts. Here I am ‘in-conversation’ with author and journalist Paul Daley. Enjoy! It’s been an interesting time, this lockdown. Zoom and Skype and Facetime have helped to keep communication lines open, but I can’t wait to get out and talk to people in person. Hopefully, when my new book ‘Trust’ is published in October, I’ll be able to do… Read More »Sydney Writers’ Festival