Australian debut author Dinuka McKenzie burst on to the crime fiction scene early in 2022 with her police procedural The Torrent. What I really like about The Torrent is that the main character Detective Sergeant Kate Miles is heavily pregnant, in her last week of work before maternity leave and has a pretty stable home life - not the usual circumstances for a police officer that we traditionally see in crime fiction.
In this episode you’ll hear  Dinuka talk about her path to publication, how her own life inspired the creation of DS Kate Miles and the crime author she absolutely loves. 
First, we find out more about Dinuka.
You can follow Dinuka on Twitter @DinukaMcKenzie
The Torrent is published by Harper Collins Australia.
Your host is Emily Webb
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Emily is the author of: Suburban True Crime: Cases you’ll never forget and some you’ve never heard of 
Angels of Death: Doctors and Nurses Who Kill 
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Creating a main character who juggles motherhood and police work - Dinuka McKenzie

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Roger Simpson has created some of the most popular television series in Australia. Think Stingers, Good Guys, Bad Guys, Something in the Air and Halifax F.P. which features the character Jane Halifax, Forensic Psychiatrist, played by Rebecca Gibney. Now, Roger has taken Jane Halfax from the screen to the page. He’s writing three crime fiction books starring Halifax F.P and the first is TRANSGRESSION
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Purchase: TRANSGRESSION   Produced and hosted by Emily Webb author of: Suburban True Crime: Cases you’ll never forget and some you’ve never heard of  Suburban True Crime (audiobook) Angels of Death: Doctors and Nurses Who Kill   
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Taking Aussie TV’s Jane Halifax FP from screen to page: Roger Simpson

Kate McCaffrey is an acclaimed author of young adult fiction and now she’s written her first adult novel. 
DOUBLE LIVES is a story within a story following Amy, Journalist trying to establish herself in Western Australia again after time away working in Melbourne. 
Amy has the idea to do a podcast and the season one case she focuses on is the murder of young transgender woman Casey Williams. 
Upon arrest, Casey’s boyfriend Jonah Scott confessed to her murder immediately and pleaded guilty. But Amy thinks there’s more behind this shocking crime and delves into the cult run by Jonah’s family and its potential involvement in Casey’s murder. 
The story explores identity, truth and acceptance in a compelling way. It’s my first time reading Kate’s work and I’ll be reading her young adult books, which have been on secondary school reading lists for a number of years.

 Disclosure: These show notes contain Booktopia affiliate links, meaning I get a little commission if you decide to make a purchase through my links, at no cost to you AND authors get a book sale (including me!).   Find out more about Kate : https://katemccaffrey.org/ Purchase DOUBLE LIVES    Produced and hosted by Emily Webb author of:Suburban True Crime: Cases you’ll never forget and some you’ve never heard of Suburban True Crime (audiobook)Angels of Death: Doctors and Nurses Who Kill  
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True Crime podcasts, teaching and the changing notions of identity: Kate McCaffrey

Greg Woodland is a scriptwriter, director and once upon a time…an aspiring punk rocker. After a number of his script projects, including one picked up by Disney, didn’t make it to production he turned to crime fiction to tell his stories. His debut THE NIGHT WHISTLER, dubbed a rural gothic noir, was actually adapted from a script he’d written and inspired in part from a real life crime his mum endured. His second book THE CARNIVAL IS OVER has a few characters carry over from The Night Whistler…and is set in the same fictionalised town in NSW’s New England region. Disclosure: These show notes contain Booktopia affiliate links, meaning I get a little commission if you decide to make a purchase through my links, at no cost to you AND authors get a book sale (including me!).   Produced and hosted by Emily Webb author of:Suburban True Crime: Cases you’ll never forget and some you’ve never heard of Suburban True Crime (audiobook)Angels of Death: Doctors and Nurses Who Kill  
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Mum had a stalker and it inspired my debut crime novel: Greg Woodland

Alexandra Shapiro is a New York criminal defence attorney and one of the leading appeals lawyers in the United States. Early in her legal career Alexandra was a clerk for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, when the iconic legal figure had just started on the Supreme Court. Alexandra was a federal prosecutor in Manhattan before starting her own firm. She  has a particular focus on the defence of criminal insider trading cases…these are complex cases where she says sometimes people can unwittingly find themselves charged with really serious crimes…
While she’s deep in the work of true life crime every day, Alexandra has turned to writing fiction as a way to shed light on how the criminal justice system works…and its failings. Her debut legal crime thriller is called PRESUMED GUILTY.

 Your host is Emily Webb author of:Suburban True Crime: Cases you’ll never forget and some you’ve never heard of Suburban True Crime (audiobook)Angels of Death: Doctors and Nurses Who Kill  
Follow Emily on Twitter https://twitter.com/emilybwebb Instagram https://instagram.com/emilywebbcrime TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@emilywebbcrime Facebook facebook.com/emily.webb.podcaster.author Website: https://www.emilywebbcrime.com/
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The brief on turning my legal experience into fiction: Alexandra Shapiro

The book we are going to talk about in this episode is one of my stand-out reads this year. Debut author John Byron’s dark, thrilling crime fiction THE TRIBUTE sees a tough, blokey Sydney Detective Dave Murphy chasing a serial killer obsessed with a 16th century anatomy text called The Fabrica. And his art historian sister Jo joins the hunt as well. 
The Tribute is a tantalising blend of medical-forensic and police procedural that has an important issue underpinning the narrative - what is to be a man in modern Australian society? I love crime fiction that is dark and character-driven and The Tribute is exactly this - it’s jaw-droppingly good! 
Your host is Emily Webb author of: ·    Suburban True Crime: Cases you’ll never forget and some you’ve never heard of  ·    Angels of Death: Doctors and Nurses Who Kill 
Disclosure: These show notes contain Booktopia affiliate links, meaning I get tiny commission if you decide to make a purchase through my links, at no cost to you AND authors get a book sale (including me!).
Follow Emily on Twitter https://twitter.com/emilybwebb Instagram https://instagram.com/emilywebbcrime TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@emilywebbcrime Facebook facebook.com/emily.webb.podcaster.author Website: https://www.emilywebbcrime.com/
Listen to Killer Content on 
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Creating a main character who juggles motherhood and police work - Dinuka McKenzie

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