I’m very happy about this – Legacy has been longlisted for the Indie Book Awards among some very fine novels indeed. I’m conscious of some of the excellent books that could so easily be on this list instead of Legacy – so I’m feeling quite humbled. What makes it extra special is these awards are voted by independent bookstore owners – the cornerstone of Australian literary life. Long may they… Read More »Legacy longlisted for the Indies
Cover The Bones has been published in the UK, Ireland and Europe… and had already garnered some great reviews. The novel – published in Australia and New Zealand as ‘The Seven’ – has already been named as the Crime Book of the Month for January by the Times of London – thanks Mark Sanderson! Gold dagger winner Chris Whitaker describes it as ‘a masterful, stunning thriller’, The Irish Independent calls… Read More »Cover The Bones book of the month
Wildfire books in the UK have done a brilliant job publishing my first four crime books – ‘Scrublands’, ‘Silver’ and ‘Trust’ in the Martin Scarsden/Mandalay Blonde series, and ‘Opal Country’, the first in the Nell Buchanan/Ivan Lucic series. Now they’ve signed me up for another two – I could not be happier! Here’s how it was reported in the UK trade magazine ‘The Bookseller’…. Wildfire nets two more in Hammer’s… Read More »New UK Book contract
Treasure & Dirt is published in Australia and New Zealand! But no launch this year and no book tour. I’m in the ACT and we’re in lockdown. That should end soon enough as vaccination rates surge, so hopefully I can get out and about a bit, particularly to visit bookstores and sign some books. In the meantime, the fantastic news is that Treasure & Dirt has been selected as Book… Read More »Book of the Month
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.”
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
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!
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 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